Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Hai Guanchao won the patient’s trust, he added: “His illness was caused by a sudden fright. I have a friend who knows that some folk remedies may be useful. I wonder if you would like to try them?”
The woman did not think what this “folk remedy” meant, she just nodded subconsciously, “Try it!”
There was no other way, those hospitals couldn’t diagnose it, and they didn’t dare to prescribe medicine. She was as anxious as a headless chicken now, and suddenly someone said it might be useful, so it was like grabbing a life-saving straw. She thought that as long as the remedy was not too extreme, she would give it a try with the mentality that it might be useful.
Hai Guanchao called Xie Lingya and asked him to come over. He only said: “I have a patient here. The child is so frightened that he cannot speak or take care of himself. Didn’t your uncle teach you some folk remedies? Come here. Let’s see if you can use it.”
Xie Lingya was confused at first, but soon realized that he was afraid that a patient might have been infected, and it was hard for him to say it out loud.
Nowadays, many people were just like Bai Lu. They didn’t believe in all of this. If you tell them the truth, you will not be able to continue the conversation, and it may even be counterproductive.
Xie Lingya responded twice and ran to Taisu Clinic, “Doctor Hai.”
The woman saw that Doctor Hai was young enough, so why was the person he called even younger? But since it was a folk remedy passed down from the elders, it should be fine.
“It’s this kid, come and take a look.” Hai Guanchao said.
Xie Lingya helped the child stand on the chair and checked it over. He felt like he was lost. He knew he couldn’t tell the parents directly, so he said he would discuss it with Hai Guanchao first.
Although the woman was curious, she watched them go outside to 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 by his mother?”
“Impossible, the child is so fragile now, but he looks in good health.” Xie Lingya thought of what Hai Guanchao said about the woman cooking in front of the stove, something flashed through his mind, but he couldn’t catch it for a moment, “What’s more important now is how to collect the soul of that child. I don’t believe she would agree with these methods?”
There were many ways to collect souls, whether among folk doctors or Taoists. Xie Lingya had also seen some of them with his own eyes and ears, but it would be difficult if parents didn’t support them. Because of these methods and many other tools that could be used, you could tell that they were using alchemy at a glance.
“Is there any way you can disguise yourself as ‘folk doctor’? Don’t have too many rituals.” Hai Guanchao asked.
“…” Xie Lingya thought about it again, “Then the talisman is not allowed to be used?”
Hai Guanchao thought: “It’s too obvious, so it’s not good.”
The two of them said, looking back at the woman, smiled awkwardly, and then looking back, “Can’t you really tell her the truth?”
“To tell the truth, I’m afraid she’ll just turn around and leave…” Hai Guanchao said.
Xie Lingya quickly took out his phone and flipped through Baoyang’s notes.
Hai Guanchao asked curiously: “What are you doing?”
“Oh, here are Baoyang’s notes. Let me see what I can use them for.” Xie Lingya said, “Go and talk to the child’s mother again. Stay calm.”
“Well…” Hai Guanchao glanced at Xie Lingya flipping through his notes again, he thought that this child had not studied well, and he couldn’t even remember and still had to flip through his notes. But he didn’t think much about it for a moment and went back to the clinic. He said that his friend was still thinking, so he took this time to check the woman’s pulse.
Xie Lingya browsed for five minutes and found some results. He thought there was a way to try, so he returned to the clinic and said, “I have a relatively simple treatment plan that you can try, but it requires the mother’s cooperation.”
The woman had just been beaten again. Hai Guanchao had shocked her with his pulse diagnosis. At this time, there was no hesitation. “What do you need from me? Tell me.”
“Doctor Hai asking you to boil Qing Muxiang and Lingling[1] in water for later use. I will give the child a massage later, the child’s mother should just pinch the child’s fingertips and bite your own fingertips at the same time.” After Xie Lingya finished speaking, he saw that the woman was a little confused and quickly said, “That’s what the old method says. I suspect that it may be that while massaging, the child can hear that the mother is hurting, and his subconscious might be touched.”
The woman was really fooled, “Okay, okay.”
This was already the least superstitious method that Xie Lingya could think of.
Other methods, such as burning paper money, setting up altars, burning talismans, and some folk methods required the mother to call for the soul. He thought people would be speechless at first sight.
As the saying went, mother and child were connected, and there was also the saying that if the mother bit her finger, the child would feel it and know to go home early.
——It’s actually the same principle as the folk method of a mother calling her child to come back soon, except that one uses sounds and the other uses movements.
Xie Lingya pretended to massage the child’s head. When he saw the woman starting to chew her fingers, he urged her to work harder.
The woman was so anxious that she bit her fingertip through and cried out in pain.
“… Where can the wandering ghosts stay? Call the souls to possess them and return them to themselves. The heavenly gate opens and the earth gate opens, and the boy from thousands of miles away sends his soul…” Xie Lingya took the opportunity to whisper the soul-collecting curse.
Without the cooperation of other talismans and handprints, simply reciting the soul-recovering spell may not be effective. The lost soul would not know how to come back after hearing it. That’s why Xie Lingya asked the woman to bite her finger and use the sense of blood connection to guide the direction of the child’s soul.
The woman pinched her bleeding fingers and saw Xie Lingya mumbling. Before she could hear clearly what he was mumbling, she saw the child who had been silent for many days suddenly burst into tears.
“Haohao!” The woman instantly fell into ecstasy, ignoring her bleeding fingers, holding the child’s face, “Haohao, do you still recognize mom?”
The child saw his mother’s face and threw himself into her arms, “Mom “——”
When the woman heard her son speak, she burst into tears of joy.
Xie Lingya breathed a sigh of relief beside him. His method was semi-invented, but it worked. He quickly wiped the child’s face and back with water boiled from Qing Muxiang and Lingling to calm the soul.
Hai Guanchao also brought out medicine and asked the woman to stop the bleeding on her finger.
The woman still held the child tightly with one hand and was reluctant to let go. She cried and thanked Hai Guanchao and Xie Lingya, “Dr. Hai, and this little brother, thank you so much. I don’t know how to say it! Thank you, really!”
“It’s okay, don’t cry, as long as the child is fine.” Xie Lingya touched the child, and the child also said vaguely, “Mom, I seem to be dizzy. I have been asleep for a long time. Am I sick??”
“It’s okay, Haohao’s disease has been cured.” The woman comforted him.
The child raised his face and asked, “Why am I sick?”
The woman said with tears in her eyes, “You were scared by your mother.”
Xie Lingya suddenly had an idea and asked, “Did a relative pass away in the eldest sister’s family some time ago?”
The woman raised her head and looked at Xie Lingya in surprise.
He could tell by looking at her expression that someone had, and Xie Lingya confirmed what he was thinking.
The woman was just anxious before, but now she thought carefully about the so-called mud house and seemed to see Xie Lingya talking about something unknown during the process. In addition, he suddenly asked about the death of relatives, and she suddenly felt a little confused. She didn’t really want to believe her guess.
Xie Lingya didn’t mean to say anything more, and just said: “Then Doctor Hai will prescribe another prescription to strengthen the child’s vitality.”
Hai Guanchao hummed, took the paper, wrote the prescription, and gave the medicine.
The child had just woken up and had low energy. Now he fell asleep leaning against his mother. The woman picked him up and waited for Hai Guanchao to grab the medicine. After much hesitation, she said to Xie Lingya: “Thank you, little brother… Well, can you tell me why Haohao was frightened? Some time ago, the child’s grandmother did pass away.”
Xie Lingya and Hai Guanchao looked at each other. It didn’t matter if you say it at this time, the child was fine, it didn’t matter if they believed it or not.
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[1] Chinese herbs.