Chapter 66: The Righteous Path
The crowd gathered, because all roads in and out of Guiyang had been blocked by officers and soldiers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info: It seems that the government has finally reacted. Restrictions on the movement of people began. It's just that the plague has been happening in the city for so long, and the people in the city have fled countless times, and there is a bird to block the road? Lichen pursed his lips, but he didn't care. Because bureaucrats will always be like this, both in the past and in the future. If you watch too much, you will get used to it.
However, at this time, the crowd quarreled not because the officers and soldiers blocked the way, but because the officers and soldiers were forcibly buying the medicinal materials at a low price. Once it is found that there are medicinal materials for the treatment of malaria, such as Bupleurum, Changshan, mica, etc., they will be detained. As a result, the people who came and went to sell drugs were very dissatisfied. There was an argument in front of the level. There are a few people who can sell medicine back and forth in these 100,000-mile mountains. Most of them are armed with sharp weapons. And many of them are people sent by Guizhou cottage Tusi, and they belong to the Wang Fa. The two sides quarreled constantly, and the saber rattling. There is a tendency to fight if there is a disagreement. Lichen shook his head and prepared to leave. Because the government's purchase of medicinal materials is also considered a convenient move. As for the medicinal herb merchants, it is nothing more than because of the plague in the city, and they want to sacrifice their lives to gamble on a windfall. Moreover, there are quite a lot of Miao people in it, and the officers and soldiers will definitely not dare to be too presumptuous.
The official road couldn't be passed, so Lichen simply entered the mountains and forests, and passed by hiding his figure. Then he went straight to the city. It's just that the more you go, the more thrilling it becomes. All the way were carriages carrying coffins, ox carts. More often than not, it was a flatbed truck where unattended corpses were dragged to mass graves outside the city to be buried. Along the way, the sound of crying was endless. When he reached the city gate, he found that there was no gatekeeper at the gate.
Walking into the city, the doors were closed, and there were no pedestrians on the road except for the vehicles transporting the dead. It's like a dead city.
Lichen didn't see the officers and soldiers patrolling the court, didn't see the doctor's free clinic, and didn't see the slightest sign of the court's rescue. Dao is a few pharmacy coffin shops are doing brisk business, and the outside is full of people who come to seek medical advice or buy coffins. The rest of the pharmacies and medical centers are either closed or deserted. It's weird!
Lichen grabbed a corpse mover who was obviously pulling the corpse to be buried outside the city and asked, "The plague is rampant in the city, why haven't you seen the government treat the people?" ”
The corpse mover heard Chen's question, looked at Chenchen carefully and strangely, and said, "Dao Chief, you just came to the city." Didn't you say that no traffic was allowed inside and outside the city? ”
Lichen smiled and said: "The poor road has a degree of monkhood, and it is a little familiar with the art of Qi Huang. So it came in. ”
The corpse mover shook his head, and said in obvious disbelief: "The Taoist chief can't blame me!" If the Taoist Master doesn't know the Qi Huang technique, maybe he can still come in, but if he says that you can Qi Huang the technique, he definitely won't be able to get in."
Lichen couldn't help but be surprised: "How do you say this?" Those who will save Qihuang can't get in, and those who can't Qihuang can come in. ”
The corpse mover smiled: "Of course the Daoist outsiders don't know. O lord in this city. When the plague first started, I saw people dying in every house. They all ran out in fear. Ten stops went five stops. The rest are all in the court, it doesn't matter, they stay for fear of the court's guilt. Later, I don't know who came up with the idea of lack of morality, so I set up a card not far from the city, and did not let those who sold medicinal materials from other places come in, and they were all forcibly purchased. Then the government will sell it. So! The few pharmacies you see that are still open are all the property of the officials' families, and the rest have long been out of medicinal materials to sell. All these herbs have risen to the sky. In addition to selling their property cheaply, the people can only wait for death! After speaking, he shook his head and sighed: "The way of this world is that the common people can't live. On the contrary, why don't those old men die more~~! ”
The corpse mover sighed, only to realize that he seemed to have talked too much. Immediately looked at the dust in a little panic. Lichen smiled and said, "Poor Dao didn't hear anything, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry." After speaking, he took out a silver horn and handed it to this rather "straightforward" guy. It's a thank you or a shock.
The corpse movers left thankfully, but Dusty stood in the empty street with a grim face. The official's discipline did not have any hope. I just didn't expect the officials here to be so mad. The moral bottom line is so low that it is simply "not a son of man".
Now that the plague is epidemic in the city, of course, there is no inn to stay in. Lichen chose an alley at random and knocked on the door of a well-off house.
"Fusheng immeasurable Tianzun, good fortune and longevity are good" said the first salute of Chenji.
"Oh! Oh, Dao Chang'an is good. I don't know what happened to the chief?". The man who opened the door was the man of the house. In his twenties, he wears a square scarf and is dressed as a scholar. But his face was haggard, his eyes were moist, and he looked as if he had just cried.
"Poor and dusty, wandering here. It's just that the plague is epidemic in this city, and there is no inn to stay overnight, so you can only come to borrow a night. Don't know how convenient it is to be good and happy? Lichen asked.
"If the Taoist chief is not afraid of the patients in the house, it is convenient." The man nodded.
"Poor Dao is slightly the same as Qi Huang's technique, maybe you can help take a look. I don't know the name of Shanfu Shouzun. Who is the sick person? Lichen asked.
The man heard Chen's words and was obviously overjoyed: "I don't dare to be respected, my surname is Mo, and my single name is a strange Mo." The sick one is the one who is cheap. I only hate the useless scholar who follows me, and it's bad luck. I didn't enjoy the slightest blessing when I saw it. Now he is infected with scabies, and there is no cure for the city. The man named Mo Mo said and his eyes were red again. Obviously, the couple is deeply in love and can't help themselves.
Lichen followed Mo Mo into the house. In a guest room, I saw Mo Mo's seriously ill wife. Eighteen or nineteen years old, beautiful appearance, with a bookish atmosphere. It's a pity that now he is lying in bed and unconscious. Lichen took a closer look at the patient's appearance, and then he knew it. asked Mo Mo: "Mrs. Zun, but her body is hot and her limbs are cold." And a pendulum? ”
Mo Mo hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes." That's the disease. Now every household in the city is suffering. The deceased were one family after another. The doctor said that it was cold and fever. I didn't expect that my wife and I would sit at home without looking at it behind closed doors, and disaster would come from heaven. Pity my lady for her young age, just like that..... I also hope that the Taoist will save my wife! Mo Mo prayed with red eyes. Almost to the knees of the dust.
Lichen hurriedly pulled up this infatuated man, and then meowed the guy who seemed to be a bit talkative and said: "Rest assured, Shan Fushou will do his best." Now go and bring me a bowl of water! ”
Mo Mo nodded when he heard this, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen, and quickly brought a bowl of water, but thought it was dust to drink. Said tentatively: "Dao Chief, I actually have some tea leaves at home that can be made into tea." ”
Lichen shook his head, not bothering to pay attention to this guy. Since he put the water on a table, he took out the talisman, shook it and lit it, and then melted directly into the water. Then he said to Mo Mo: "Feed your wife to drink." The fever will subside later. ”
"This... This.. That's fine. Does the Taoist save people without medicine? Don't need to check the pulse? "Mo Mo is obviously an authentic reader. I can't believe in the means of dust. If a bowl of runic water can cure diseases and save people. Is there still a way for the doctors to live?
"If you don't believe me, then I'll go and pour out this talisman water right away!" In just a moment, Lichen knew the somewhat pedantic guy in front of him very well. Said menacingly.
"The road is long and slow, the road is long and slow. It's the student who is wrong, it's the student who is wrong. Mo Mo thought that his wife was already like this. What else is there to consider? So he hurriedly took the rune water, helped his wife up, and poured the whole bowl of rune water down. Then he looked at the dust with hope.
Lichen said speechlessly: "You guard your wife, I still have to go outside to take a look." Your wife should wake up with the heat subsided. You can go and make some porridge for your wife first. Leave me alone, I'll go and go back. ”
After finishing speaking, he walked straight out of the room, looked at the clear sky outside and whispered: "Don't do evil, good and evil will be rewarded in the end." Don't be greedy, greedy and poor! After sighing, the dust gently closed the courtyard door and walked straight towards the governor's yamen.