Chapter 493 - 494: Is Changing Eyes Possible?

"Understood."

"Also, you two should be with each other at all times. Don’t wander about aimlessly. When you go back to the shop, wait for the shop’s assistant to pick you up. Got it?"

Yang Qingrui asked curiously, "What happened?"

Yang Chuxia didn’t hide anything, and told the two brothers what she had learned from Constable Hong. Upon hearing the news, both of them were somewhat frightened.

"Remember to put the sleeve arrows I gave you in the book box every day, understood?"

"Understood, sister. I remember that every day," Yang Qingrui replied.

"That’s good. There’s nothing else, you can go inside."

"Alright! Sister, you should go back early too."

With that, Yang Qingrui, Yang Qingtong, and the young servant went inside together.

After the servant helped them with their things, he came out and went back to Yangshu Village with Yang Chuxia.

Upon arriving home, they saw that Mu Shaoling had not gone out today, but was sitting inside, occasionally chatting with Ye Zi’an.

Yang Chuxia was a bit surprised but didn’t ask any further.

However, thinking about the eye-plucking case of the young boy that Constable Hong mentioned in the town, she asked Mu Shaoling, "Divine Doctor Mu, may I consult you on something?"

Mu Shaoling was not used to Yang Chuxia speaking so politely to her and hesitated for a moment.

"What do you want to say?"

"You see, if there is a blind person seeking light, but their blindness can’t be cured by medicine or acupuncture, so they thought of a method to take someone else’s eyes and put them in their own. From a medical perspective, is this method feasible?"

Yang Chuxia thought that eye transplantation was feasible with the foundation of modern medicine. She had once seen a person whose eyeball was damaged but couldn’t find a human eye and eventually used a dog’s eye.

This happened many years ago. Later, people gradually started making artificial eyes, and more and more people donated eyes, which slowly replaced the use of dog eyes.

However, that was in the modern age; the ancient times were probably different.

Sure enough, Mu Shaoling fell into deep thought after listening to Yang Chuxia’s words.

"Why do you ask?" Mu Shaoling looked up and inquired after a while.

"Today, I went to Constable Hong’s house. He said that the case of the young boy’s eye plucking has not been solved. Not only is it unresolved, but similar cases have also occurred in different places. So, I wondered, why would anyone want to take someone’s eyes, especially a pair of beautiful ones? Then, I recalled a story I read in a miscellaneous book and boldly guessed - what if someone thought of this method just as the book described? That’s why I wanted to ask!"

Yang Chuxia paused and continued, "If it is medically feasible or if there’s even a slight chance, say one or two percent, then my guess has a possibility. In that case, to catch the eye thief, Constable Hong would only need to investigate the blind people or well-connected families who could secretly capture a young boy. This would make the case easier to solve."

After listening, Mu Shaoling fell silent again.

Finally, he nodded and said, "There is a possibility in the situation you described. I have experimented with small rabbits before but the probability was very low."

"So, it’s possible then?" Yang Chuxia asked. Even a one percent chance is still a chance, isn’t it?

Mu Shaoling nodded again.

"It seems like I need to go to the town again and talk to Constable Hong about this clue."