AWB Chapter 439 I just want the pills
Chapter 439 I just want the pills
If Lu Yangyang hadn't been perfectly lucid at that moment, she would have thought she was listening to a storybook.
This is getting more and more outrageous. It's one thing to have celestial palaces and celestial concubines, but how come there are celestial officials now?
Could it be that these people believe in gods and spirits and actually think there are any deities?
Furthermore, she had just confirmed that the girl who ran away from her wedding in her wedding dress was also taking cinnabar for a long time, but in much smaller amounts than the pirates, to the point of being fatal.
If the pirates were using cinnabar, it could be assumed that they were being controlled by someone, but what about this girl from a remote village?
And what about this celestial palace and celestial officials? Could it be that this cinnabar is related to this celestial palace?
Lu Yangyang continued to ask, "What does the girl's elopement have to do with your sacrificial ceremony? Why did the celestial officials get angry when they saw us outsiders? We were just passing by; there's no way we could possibly interfere with your sacrificial ceremony."
Upon hearing Lu Yangyang's words, one of the guys immediately patted the other on the shoulder.
As if suddenly waking up, the two immediately put on a mysterious expression and waved their hands at Lu Yangyang: "Girl, don't ask. This is our local custom. We country folk can't compare to the rich families in terms of incense offerings. If we want to receive the blessings of the immortals, we must be sincere!"
After saying that, no matter what Lu Yangyang wanted to ask, the two of them resolutely refused to speak again, which showed that they were truly very devout to that so-called celestial official.
However, it didn't take long for them to reach the village.
The sky was dark and it was raining, so it was hard to tell how big the village was. At this time, almost all the lights in the village were out, and it was pitch black. You had to walk a long way before you could see a few houses.
The two young men led them to the outside of a house, went inside to say a few words, and then came out to say to Lu Yangyang, "You can stay at Grandpa Qing's house for the night. They have three rooms, and it's just him and his little granddaughter. I just told him what Uncle Liu meant, and you can stay for the night. But you must leave before dawn tomorrow."
Lu Yangyang quickly took out a bag of snacks and handed it to the deliveryman: "Thank you, sir. We'll leave as soon as it's light."
The young man accepted the snacks, grinned, and pointed to the somewhat hunched old man at the door: "That's Master Qing. You can make arrangements with him yourselves. We still need to go back and continue looking for people."
"Thank you, thank you." Lu Yangyang thanked the two of them and watched them leave before asking Lu Zhan to help Old Meng out of the car. She then pulled Wen Qingqing into the courtyard, walked up to the thin, hunched old man, and politely spoke to him.
"We'll have to trouble you tonight. Two rooms are enough for us. I heard you have a granddaughter who can sleep with my sister and me."
After saying that, he took out two pieces of silver from his purse and handed them to Master Qing.
Grandpa Aqing held a dim oil lamp in his hand, his cloudy eyes falling on the silver Lu Yangyang handed him. After a moment, he looked away, slowly turned around to make way, and said in a rough, hoarse voice, "Come in."
Lu Yangyang pulled Wen Qingqing inside. This old man Aqing's house was a wooden house with several steps raised underneath. There was a small hall in the middle, a bedroom on each side, and another room on the east side. All of them were kept very clean.
The living room was rather small, and once the group of them entered, they almost filled the entire space. Grandpa Qing put down the oil lamp, went into the bedroom on the east side, and carried out a little girl whose hands and feet were tied with some difficulty.
Seeing this, Lu Yangyang quickly stepped forward to help the little girl: "Grandpa Qing, let me help you!"
Grandpa Aqing turned slightly to the side, about to avoid her, but for some reason suddenly stopped.
Seeing that he didn't object, Lu Yangyang was about to reach out and pick up the little girl on his back. But as soon as she touched the little girl, she suddenly woke up and started to wriggle and struggle. Before she even opened her eyes, she started to cry loudly. Her struggle almost knocked the hunchbacked Grandpa Qing over.
Lu Yangyang quickly lifted her up with one hand, supported the falling Ah Qingye, and then hugged the little girl tightly with both hands.
The little girl closed her eyes, crying and struggling desperately. After struggling for a while, she started convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
Lu Yangyang stared in shock at the little girl in her arms, who was not even as tall as Lu Zhan and was probably not even ten years old. She hurriedly put her down on the ground, and without asking any questions, quickly took out silver needles and inserted them into her acupoints. After a while, the little girl's body gradually calmed down, with tears still hanging in the corners of her eyes.
"She has epilepsy, has she seen a doctor?" Lu Yangyang asked Grandpa Qing, looking up at him.
Grandpa Aqing turned around and went to close the door.
Lu Yangyang suddenly realized something and immediately said to the two waiters, "Go to the room on the east side and keep an eye on what's going on outside."
The two quickly responded and went out, and Grandpa Qing closed the door.
Turning to look at Lu Yangyang, she said, "I don't want your money. I smell medicine on you. You're a doctor, right? Give me some medicine to treat my granddaughter. I just want the pills."
Lu Yangyang reached out and pinched the little girl's wrist, took her pulse, and frowned, saying, "Was her epilepsy caused by a high fever when she was a child? I didn't bring all the medicinal herbs, so I could only prepare a simple prescription. If it were combined with acupuncture, the effect would be better. I'm just passing by, and since we've met, if you agree, I can take her to Yuzhou City tomorrow when I leave to treat her for a period of time."
Lu Yangyang looked at Wen Qingqing, and Wen Qingqing nodded.
Lu Yangyang said, "It can be cured."
Grandpa Aqing was silent for a long time, then shook his head: "I only want the pills."
“Grandpa Qing, your granddaughter is still young. If she can be cured, it won’t affect her future life. Even if she can’t be cured, the onset of the disease can be controlled. You…” Lu Yangyang felt sorry for such a young girl, so she wanted to persuade her, but Grandpa Qing shook his head very firmly, “No need, I just want the pills.”
“Brother, we have troubled you today and should repay you. Don’t worry, we will take care of it.” Old Meng suddenly spoke up and said to Grandpa Qing, “It’s getting late. I’ll make some pills. My granddaughter is very good at acupuncture. Let her give the little girl a few more acupuncture needles so she can hold on for a while longer.”
Only after he said that did Grandpa Aqing breathe a sigh of relief. He bent his hunched back deeply, bowed to them, and then led Old Man Meng and Lu Zhan to the room on the east side.
Lu Yangyang picked up the little girl and went into the room on the west side.
Lu Yangyang put the little girl on the bed, looked out the window, and said to Wen Qingqing, "Keep an eye on what's going on outside."
Then she wiped the little girl's face with a damp cloth. The little girl opened her eyes and suddenly hugged her arm, "Sister, can my madness really be cured?"
Lu Yangyang nodded: "This is not madness, of course it can be cured. Look at that sister, she is a miracle doctor, she can definitely cure you. You can secretly tell your grandfather tomorrow that you want to come with us for treatment."
The little girl's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again: "I can't go, sister."
"Why?" Lu Yangyang asked her, "Don't you want to grow up healthy like your other friends?"
The little girl nodded: "I think if my illness is cured, Grandpa won't have to work so hard. But if my madness is cured, I will be like the other girls in the village, married off to the celestial palace as a concubine, and I will never come back. My aunt never came back, my mother never came back, my second aunt never came back, and then my father died, and my second uncle died too."
"The celestial official said that our family was not sincere enough, which is why I went mad and my father and second uncle died."
"But Grandpa told me that it's good that I'm crazy, because if I'm crazy I can stay at home forever."
"But he couldn't bear to see me suffer so much, so he would always sneak around trying to get me some medicine."