Five Tigers Capture the Sheep

Su Ziyang had no idea what Fu Xinyu and his group had done, nor did he have time to find out.

Because he's currently focused on dealing with an old man.

An elderly man suffering from an acute lumbar sprain.

Yu Xiushui and four others helped the old man over.

Because stretchers are not easy to handle, otherwise Su Ziyang would have been absolutely certain that Yu Xiushui, this crazy old lady, could organize a stretcher to carry this old man over.

The old man's name was Ma Wansen. After confirming that Ma Wansen old man had an acute lumbar sprain, Su Ziyang began to perform acupuncture using the Eight Methods of Flying and Soaring to open acupoints.

However, although the needles were inserted, the desired effect was not achieved.

This put Su Ziyang in a difficult position.

How about Umbilical Acupuncture?

Su Ziyang quickly dismissed the idea. The old man was in such a state that he could barely turn around, and he hadn't fully mastered the Umbilical Acupuncture. He wasn't entirely sure which hexagram could be used to treat acute lumbar sprains.

Just when Su Ziyang was in a dilemma, Su Ziyang savior arrived.

"Oh, hello, sir!"

Yu Xiushui had only met Yang Tianzheng once before, and this was the second time she had seen Yang Tianzheng. Judging from the way he greeted her, one might have thought that Yang Tianzheng her master.

"Hello, hello!" Yang Tianzheng responded politely.

"Busy? Never mind, I'll come after you get off work!"

Yang Tianzheng saw five or six people in the room and turned to leave.

"You rest first, I'll see my master off, I'll be right back!"

Su Ziyang made up a random excuse to see Yang Tianzheng out, but his real purpose was to seek a treatment method.

"Master, Master, that old man lying there just now has a sprained back. What acupuncture technique should we use? It's an emergency, Master!"

Su Ziyang, with his arm around Yang Tianzheng's, asked quietly from outside the door.

Looking at Su Ziyang's smiling face, Yang Tianzheng shook his head and gave the same smile. Just when Su Ziyang thought he was about to get an answer, Yang Tianzheng squeezed out two words: "No!"

"Master! I wasn't joking with you, they're waiting inside. You can't let your disciple embarrass you, can you? These are all my recent fans!" Su Ziyang clung to Yang Tianzheng's arm, humming and hawing as he continued.

"I don't know, it's your fault for not studying properly. I have to go now! Bye!"

Yang Tianzheng used his internal energy to shake Su Ziyang, who was holding his arm, aside.

"Master, there are so many people here, please don't embarrass me! I beg you, Master! My Master!"

Because there were many patients in the hallway, Su Ziyang was too embarrassed to speak loudly, so he quickly caught up with Yang Tianzheng and hugged his arm tightly again.

"Alright! I can tell you, but if I defeat you within ten moves tonight, you'll have to practice your Baguazhang for three hours before you can sleep!"

In order to get an answer, Su Ziyang agreed without hesitation.

"This is a needle technique invented by later generations, but it's very effective. It's called 'Five Tigers Capture the Sheep.' As the name suggests, it involves five needles! The first needle is at the second metacarpophalangeal joint, between the index and middle fingers; the second is between the second and third metacarpal bones; and the third is between the third and fourth metacarpal bones! The fourth needle is one inch above the Houxi acupoint, inserted obliquely towards it. The fifth needle is at the Yintang acupoint. The needle tip should be angled towards the side of the lower back where the pain is; if the pain is in the middle, insert it straight in! After the needles are inserted, no manipulation is needed. Have the patient cough a few times or move around a bit!"

As Yang Tianzheng spoke, he gestured a few dots on Su Ziyang's hand, and then left without waiting to see if Su Ziyang had understood.

After receiving the answer, Su Ziyang was extremely excited and quickly returned to the consultation room.

"Grandpa, are you feeling better now?"

The needle from the previous Eight Methods of Flying and Soaring Needle technique hasn't been removed yet.

Ma Wansen shook his head, grimacing as he said, "It still hurts, like an electric shock, a throbbing pain."

"Let me give you another acupuncture, sir! Just a moment!"

Su Ziyang pulled out the needle he had just used, then took out five more needles and began to put his newfound knowledge to use.

One, two, three— Su Ziyang wasn't sure if his angle was right, but he was certain he'd stuck them in the correct spots.

After inserting the four needles, Su Ziyang pinched the skin on Grandpa Ma Wansen's forehead and asked, "Grandpa, which side hurts the most?"

"To the right!" Ma Wansen replied in a voice that Su Ziyang had just clearly heard.

It wasn't that Ma Wansen was deliberately speaking softly; it was just that speaking loudly made his back hurt.

"Alright!"

Su Ziyang pinched the skin on his forehead and then began inserting the needle.

The Yintang acupoint is located at the midpoint of the line connecting the two eyebrows. Generally, in order to ensure that the needle tip reaches the Yintang position, the insertion point is slightly higher. The needle is inserted at the exact center of the forehead, and then inserted downwards.

The technique for inserting a needle into the Yintang acupoint is different from other acupoints with abundant muscle. Inserting a needle into the Yintang acupoint requires pinching and lifting the skin on the forehead.

Of course, there are many other special needle insertion methods, which are suitable for different parts of the body. For example, if the abdominal muscles and skin are relatively loose, you can choose to use a stretching needle insertion method, that is, use two fingers to separate to the sides and apply force to tighten the skin before inserting the needle.

When using particularly short needles, a finger-cutting insertion method, also known as claw-cutting insertion, is used. The nail of the left thumb or index finger is used to pinch the acupoint to be needled, and the needle is held in the right hand and inserted subcutaneously close to the edge of the left fingernail.

Therefore, when Su Ziyang was giving acupuncture to Grandpa Ma Wansen, he used the lifting and pinching insertion technique. Grandpa Ma Wansen also had right-sided lower back pain, so Su Ziyang's needle tip was biased towards the right side.

After the acupuncture was completed, Su Ziyang did not continue the acupuncture. Instead, he had the old man start coughing.

Ma Wansen dared not cough; even speaking a little loudly made his back ache, and coughing made it hurt even more.

Seeing that Ma Wansen wasn't coughing, Su Ziyang patted Ma Wansen old man on the shoulder. "Grandpa, you should cough a couple of times; it'll help you recover faster!"

"Young man, I can't cough! My back hurts when I cough."

Ma Wansen's voice was still very soft.

"It's alright, sir. Just cough lightly. When you cough, your blood and qi will surge, and that will achieve the desired effect of the acupuncture!"

Su Ziyang gently persuaded Ma Wansen, Yu Xiushui chimed in, "Just listen to Doctor Su, you won't regret it!"

Hearing everyone's advice, Ma Wansen mustered his courage and coughed softly twice. As he coughed, he suddenly felt a crack in his waist, and the pain immediately lessened a bit.

Having tasted success, Ma Wansen mustered his courage and coughed loudly twice more. The loud cough startled the old woman standing closest to him. "Oh dear, Old Ma! I told you to cough, but you said you wouldn't. Now you've caught me off guard! You scared me to death!"

Strangely enough, when Ma Wansen coughed so suddenly, eight-tenths of the pain in his back instantly disappeared, and the remaining two-tenths could hardly be called pain anymore.

Ma Wansen couldn't believe his feelings. He slowly tried to move his body and found that it really didn't hurt as much anymore.

"Hey! Old Ma, why are you sitting up!"

Yu Xiushui saw Old Ma sit up and shouted.

All eyes turned to Ma Wansen.

"It doesn't seem to hurt anymore!"

Ma Wansen sat on the massage bed and gently moved his body.

Upon hearing Ma Wansen's words, Aunt Yu Xiushui pulled out her phone, opened WeChat Moments, and started recording a video, adding the caption, "See? She came lying down, but after a few needles from Doctor Su at the Daoist Medicine Clinic, she sat up! A miracle doctor!"

Yu Xiushui recorded the video while simultaneously moving the camera. Meanwhile, Ma Wansen, sitting on the bed, even gave Su Ziyang a thumbs-up in a cooperative manner.

Su Ziyang couldn't understand the world of middle-aged and elderly people, and covered his face, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Sir, if you take a walk around the field, you should be fine."

Having received Su Ziyang's medical advice, Ma Wansen, who had been eager to try it out, immediately got out of bed, strolled around the room a couple of times, and found that the remaining two-tenths of pain had been reduced to half.

As Ma Wansen paced around the room, he gave Su Ziyang a thumbs-up. "Wow, Lao Yu said he found a miracle doctor. I didn't believe it at first. Seeing is believing, a hero emerges from among the young! Divine needle, I'll bring you a banner of appreciation later!"

"No need, no need! Your back pain is gone, that's what makes me happiest. Let's not bother with all that formality."

Su Ziyang quickly waved his hand, declining Ma Wansen's offer to present him with a banner.

"Look at him, so young, that's a real doctor! We need doctors like him nowadays!"

Yu Xiushui and several others chimed in, praising Su Ziyang.

"No, no, I'm just a newly graduated doctor. You're all too kind."

"Be humble, be humble!"

"How modest!"

As a result, Su Ziyang earned the title of "humble young man" in Yu Xiushui's social circle.

After working for half an hour, Ma Wansen's back had basically recovered.

Su Ziyang had just seen several people off and hadn't even warmed his seat when Ma Wansen unexpectedly returned, carrying a banner in his hand.

The banner bears two lines of large, gold-embossed characters.

Five Divine Needles for Acupuncture Treatment

A pair of skillful hands that can cure any illness

Ma Wansen presented Su Ziyang with a banner and insisted on taking a photo with Su Ziyang, making Su Ziyang extremely shy.

Su Ziyang is actually quite introverted. He felt that accepting this kind of formal gratitude from the patient was more agonizing than Yang Tianzheng beating his buttocks with a baton.

After everyone left, Su Ziyang sat down in a chair and let out a long sigh of relief, "My goodness, that's really exaggerated!"

Recalling the moment he took the photo with Ma Wansen, Su Ziyang's heart pounded.

Having some free time to rest, Su Ziyang took out his phone to try and contact Mr. Mengfei, but as expected, he couldn't reach him.

"Where have you been, you!"

Su Ziyang grumbled and opened his WeChat Moments.

The first post is a video that Aunt Yu Xiushui just recorded in the clinic.

Su Ziyang noticed a peculiar habit of Yu Xiushui: when replying to comments on her WeChat Moments, she never replied to the person directly, but instead replied directly to her own post, essentially commenting on her own post so that everyone could see it.

There are already more than a dozen comments under Yu Xiushui Moments, all of which are Yu Xiushui replying to comments from different friends.

The first comment Su Ziyang saw from Yu Xiushui was. "Doctor Su, the miracle worker, is even shy."

The second comment is: At... Jingchengdao Medical Clinic.

As Su Ziyang watched, he noticed that the art style was starting to go astray.

"No, this young doctor doesn't have a boyfriend."

"What's wrong, Sister Zhang? Are you going to introduce him to someone?"

"That girl from the Wang family isn't good enough; her education level is too low. This young doctor, on the other hand, has a master's degree."

"That PhD from San Dunzi's family is really good. I'll ask him about it for you later. He's an excellent young doctor!"

Good young men are in high demand.

"..."

Someone wanted to introduce Su Ziyang to a potential partner, and the conscientious and responsible Auntie Yu Xiushui actually started filtering them out for Su Ziyang. For example, Auntie Yu bluntly said that the girl surnamed Wang had a low level of education.

A girl named San Dunzi was a PhD, Auntie Yu took a liking to her.

"What the hell is this?!"

Su Ziyang glanced at Yu Xiushui's still-growing comments for a while, then exited WeChat.

"Master, oh Master, where have you been? I miss you all so much! Mostly, I miss your terrible ideas!"

Su Ziyang tossed his phone aside and began reading, muttering to himself as he read.

"Okay, I've recorded that sentence."

Yang Tianzheng's voice startled Su Ziyang.

"Master, why do you walk so quietly? You startled me."

Su Ziyang closed the book and looked at Yang Tianzheng, who was holding a mobile phone.

"That's because you're a coward. Oh, you've managed to pretend!"

Yang Tianzheng was putting his phone in his pocket when he looked up and saw the banner.

The banner that had just been displayed was hung on the wall behind Su Ziyang; it was at the Yu Xiushui.

Su Ziyang, seeing Yang Tianzheng teasing him, rolled his eyes and grinned, saying, "Learning on the spot is a skill too. The key is having a good teacher; otherwise, you don't have to put on makeup! Sigh!"

As Su Ziyang spoke, he sat up from his chair, walked over to Yang Tianzheng, and said with a smile, "Lao Yang, I've noticed you're not very honest. You always keep things to yourself. I'm giving you a chance. You should write down everything you know in a booklet and hand it to me, then I might reluctantly acknowledge you as my master again. Is that alright, Lao Yang?"

As Su Ziyang spoke, he patted Yang Tianzheng on the shoulder. The way Su Ziyang patted Yang Tianzheng made him pause for a moment.

Then he pointed at himself and said, "You little brat, how dare you talk to me like that? You've really gone too far!"

Yang Tianzheng reached out and grabbed Su Ziyang. Due to the training he had undergone recently, Su Ziyang subconsciously dodged Yang Tianzheng's hand. However, Yang Tianzheng turned to the side, hooked his right toe, and hooked his left arm around Su Ziyang's arm.

Su Ziyang was pinned to the table by Yang Tianzheng. Yang Tianzheng held Su Ziyang down with his left hand and flicked Su Ziyang's forehead with his right. "You little brat, who are you talking to?"

Su Ziyang struggled twice, but Yang Tianzheng's hand was like a vise, gripping Su Ziyang's arm tightly, making Su Ziyang unable to move.

After a few flicks on the forehead, Su Ziyang gave in. "Master, I was wrong, I was wrong. Ouch, that hurts! Stop hitting me, I was wrong, I was wrong!"

Su Ziyang begged for mercy for a long time before Yang Tianzheng finally released Su Ziyang.

Su Ziyang rubbed his head, hissing in pain.

"Just kidding, it hurts so much!"

"Get lost! Who's joking with you? I'm asking you, those two people who came to cause trouble at the hospital the other day, did you seduce them?"

Yang Tianzheng didn't respond to Su Ziyang's question; instead, his question took a complete 180-degree turn.

What kind of work is it?

Su Ziyang began to play dumb.

"Okay. See you at the square after get off work this afternoon. Don't forget what you promised me."

Seeing Su Ziyang's attitude, Yang Tianzheng immediately understood and left without asking any further questions.