Beiqu stood on the city wall, and saw a horse dressed in a dark robe from a distance, accompanying the side of a dark carriage, from far to near.

The originally tight eyebrows instantly flew and stretched. "Open the gates!"

The three of them stood in front of the gate of Tanzhi City, waiting for the deep curtain carriage.

The three people standing behind him all had solemn expressions, staring at the people who were close to him, and their faces were complicated.

The black-clothed young man with a mask on his face wanted to retreat, but the man in ink and moire stopped in a shallow voice: "Don't avoid it...... The shadow master had already said before leaving, the left protector of the Astounding Cloud Pavilion had never seen you, so he would not be suspicious. I don't know what to think, his eyes darkened, and he said, "Besides, I have a goodbye appointment with my junior sister...... There's no need for you to quit. ”

The black-clothed young man silently looked up at the back of the ink-clothed moire man, and answered softly: "Yes, father-in-law." ”

The person on the other side glanced sideways at the two of them at this time and snorted softly.

Mo Ran's face was pale, he glanced back at him, looked at the plain curtain carriage that was approaching with sand and dust in the distance, and said slowly: "You and I have been friends for many years. Mr. Yi Zhi has a lot to do with Jingyun Pavilion, and I am afraid that he and I are not friends...... I hope to forgive Mo Ran's injustice, and make it difficult for you to be caught between the two of me. ”

When the man heard this, he immediately sneered: "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you have to do with him if you are not friends or enemies? Why should I be embarrassed? Do you think that I can still be friends with him? A person who cannot say anything is not good has been designated as a highly respected 'head of literature' since he was a child, but I have been the number one on the list of writers for many years below him! I can only be a highly despised 'head of the military.'" So, you still think we can be 'friends'? It's ridiculous. ”

Mo Ran didn't seem to expect it, and his eyebrows frowned slightly. "Then you and I are here ...... this trip"

He snorted coldly: "It is the responsibility of the martial chief to protect the head of the Wen, if I don't come, how can the elders of the clan let go of my martial sect disciples!"

Mo Ran recalled Kong Jia's expression when he did not hesitate to exchange blood and injured the retired elders to save him, and he sighed silently.

After a long time, he only said: "That's so." That's a lot of thought. ”

At this time, the evening breeze is blowing, and the sunset is uneven. The carriage approaching in the distance was in front of us.

Immediately, the man in the dark clothes looked straight at the man in white with a cloud robe and a double sword at his waist.

When they approached and confirmed their person, they immediately drove their horses and flew down.

"Zijia. He walked straight to the man in white, his eyes not squinting, and his voice was faintly rippling. He ignored all the people around him.

The young general wanted to come forward and pat Kong Jia on the shoulder to comfort him for inviting a miracle doctor.

As soon as he raised his hand, Kong Jia took a step closer to Kong Yi, and the raised hand fell into the air.

Kong Yi's face was not good, looking at the person in front of him, his eyes were unwavering, and when he heard the call, he only bowed lukewarmly to Kong Jia, and said calmly: "Kong Yi is late, and the head of the text forgives the sin." ”

Kong Jia only looked at him, up and down to confirm something, and looked at Kong Yi frowning and disgusted.

Then Wu Xu said in the back: "Hmm." ”

Yingli stopped the carriage and slightly twisted her eyebrows to look at the ink-clothed cloud-patterned person in front of her.

Mo Ran smiled warmly with her, then raised his head and remained quiet, narrowed his eyes for a moment, and slowly walked to the front of the carriage.

After years of the same door, the reading is affectionate and shallow, and it seems to be near and far away.

He stared at him and called out in his mouth: "Senior sister, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Duanmu Xiaoxian came out of the curtain, his eyes were empty for a moment, he looked in his direction, and was also quiet for a while, and then said softly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, senior brother." ”

……

Under the shade of the trees, dappled light and shadow fell on the two of them, and the shadows of the branches were swaying.

"Although I have seen very little over the years, but Senior Brother has given me both a brother and a father, Duanmu dare not ......forget it" On the day of the Poison Castle, the woman in the chair looked at the emptiness in front of her, her lips opened and closed for a long time, and said: "It's just that Senior Brother's life experience, Duanmu has never heard Master and Senior Brother mention it, and he has never understood it...... If we meet again in the future, I wonder if the senior brother can tell each other?"

The wind blows the leaves, and the long clothes are blowing.

Mo Ran stood under the tree, in a trance, silent for a long time.

After a long time, he responded: "Okay." ”

……

The man in the ink and moire reached out and helped the woman down and sat in the wooden wheelchair placed by Yingli.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo and the Qingyun Sect Master, the two brothers and sisters for coming here to help and save thousands of recruits from the fire and water!

Duanmu Xiaoxian looked in his direction and bowed his head in response: "The doctor is responsible, and the general is polite." ”

Later, Beiqu led a group of people into the city.

At this time, Yingli glanced at the black-clothed young man who was silent following Yu Moran's side. "Who is this?"

"The righteous son of Ran, whose name is, follows and follows on this trip. ”

After hearing Mo Ran's words, Duanmu Xiaoxian bowed slightly in the direction of the young man to sign.

Yingli also returned a salute to the young man holding the sword: "I haven't heard of it, it's the first time we met." ”

The young man bowed his head in a muffled voice and said "um".

The city gate closed "babbling" behind several people, and the woman in white heard a miserable cry when she entered, and her voice was poignant.

Mo Ran said: "There are more than 3,000 people infected with heat poison here, all of whom started with a low-grade fever, developed herpes, and then spread to the whole body, and then had puscesses in the mouth. Most of the people who screamed were herpes all over their bodies, and when they had sores in their mouths, they were unable to howl and it was difficult to eat, so the condition became worse. With worry in his eyes, he continued: "According to General Beiqu's calculations...... So far, no one has died of illness, but more than 100 people have died of starvation because of the pain in their mouths for several days. ”

Duanmu turned his eyes to the direction where the screams came from, his eyes were painful, and he exhaled very softly. "That's it. ”

When Beiqu heard this, he immediately led the way and led the people to the large manor in the city where the infected people were isolated.

"These people are too sick to withstand the long-distance bumps, so they are isolated in the west corner of the city, and those who are slightly less ill have all been sent to Luodian City for centralized isolation and control. "Beiqu walks on the side road.

Duanmu smelled the smell of raw ash along the way, and smelled a lot of bitter fragrance of wormwood. "Have you used raw ash and wormwood?"

Mo Ran nodded: "The city is full of ashes, and all the things used by the sick yesterday have been burned. The military doctor was leading a large amount of mugwort water to be distributed to the recruits and the people of the city. ”

Duanmu nodded.

Beiqu sent Mo Ran and Duanmu to the guard ten miles outside the manor in the west corner of the city. "The plague in the garden is entrusted to Mr. Yu and the two!"

Beiqu said another salute, and Kong Jia and Kong Yi behind him also followed suit.

Mo Ran and Duanmu signaled, and the sergeant in charge of guarding the garden accompanied them to the place where the sick were concentrated in the manor.

Smell the smell of rancid meat when you enter the park, the sores and pus are soaked in blood and rotten flesh, more than 3,000 sick people are concentrated in the long houses in the garden, there are more than 1,000 people lying on their backs in the two rows of large shops on the left and right and do not dare to move a little, the smell of rotten flesh pus and blood is full of the house, which makes people smell disgusting.

Yingli pushed Duanmu to stop in the longhouse where the most ill people were staying, and watched the woman reach out and diagnose the pulse of the patient who was calling for the pus on her wrist. Mo Ran also stepped forward to look at the differences in herpes around the patient, and listened to Duanmu one by one.

The two looked at the seriously ill to the milder of the epidemic, analyzed the results, and discussed them several times. No solution has been found.

Yingli and the black-clothed boy followed behind the two for a long time, carrying water and taking needles to cook medicine, and their expressions became more and more awe-inspiring.

"This is not an unusual fever poison. After a few days, the test of the medicine was fruitless, and Mo Ran deeply twisted his eyebrows and said to the woman in the chair.

Duanmu Xiaoxian also nodded. "This symptom seems to come from within, not from outside. I consulted several military doctors, and they all said that no outsiders were infected, and none of the people in the land where I talked about were infected. Looking at it now, I am afraid it is no coincidence. ”

Mo Ran said: "The crowd of recruits infected very quickly, and they broke out almost at the same time, which caught people off guard. You and I have tried all the methods to solve the epidemic in the past but to no avail, I observe that the pulse of the patient is complex, it should be the pulse of heat and poison but it is clearly heavier, but the pulse phase will change greatly in a few days, it is difficult to control, it is not like the epidemic that is commonly heard. ”

Duanmu turned his head to look at the military doctor on the side: "Can you bother to tell the recruits what happened to them one by one?"

One person said: "Zuo Xiang presided over the conscription of recruits from all over the country to expand the army, and the total number of recruits who were called to Luodian was more than 60,000, and finally 50,000 were left, and they were led by the Xiao cavalry battalion around Zuo Xiang for several months, and then encountered a surprise attack by Qiang soldiers, half of the grain and grass were destroyed, and nearly 10,000 casualties were lost, and there were 40,000 left. At this point, Zuo Xiang was escorted back to Beijing by the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the general sent General Beiqu to take charge here, leading the recruits to join her, and I didn't want to let people be infected with heat poison one after another as soon as they left Luodian......"

"I heard about the battle in Guanling ahead! The Qiang soldiers danced and sacrificed on the bank of the Hanshui River, and 10,000 people sang and asked the mountain god to curse evilly.

Duanmu and Mo Ran were stunned when they heard this.

"If this is the case, why should the mountain god respond? Is it really because my Xia Kingdom has bullied the Qiang people for a hundred years...... The way of heaven is no longer blessed with the summer ......"

When the sergeants in charge of accompanying Duanmu and his party heard this, they immediately shouted: "What nonsense! Don't disturb the morale of the army with false words!"

Several of the medics immediately resigned themselves to a silent voice.

Duanmu and the others tried the medicine again, but in only a few days, the number of starving deaths and sickness was sixteen or seventeen, and the search for a cure was still fruitless.

In a few days, the city spread the words of the evil curse of the mountain god, the Tao of heaven has been lost, and the gods do not bless the summer, so this disease can not be solved. It is to pay for sin.

For a while, the army was terrified, and the will to kill the enemy and defend the country was lost, and thousands of people deserted from the camp.

Beiqu severely suppressed it, and the camp escapees gathered and rebelled, and the situation almost got out of control.

When Kong Jia and Kong Yi assisted in stabilizing the situation, there were still 20,000 new recruits except for the sick.

……

It's night.

Duanmu Xiaoxian closed his eyes and lay in the simple room where the healer rested in the west garden of the city, sweating between his eyebrows.

Cold sweat ran down his forehead on his sideburns, his lips were white and white, and his white clothes were wet with sweat.

My mind was chaotic and drowsy for a while, but it was clear for a while. Only an innocent, round and cute baby face jumped into her mind, and she saw him show two small tiger teeth, squinting at herself and grinning at something.

Suddenly, my heart sank, and the person on the couch seemed to have returned to the age of fourteen......