Meridian soul breaking incense, the world's strange poison?

Poison a child? Is this a long time to see, or is that man living on the belly of a dog for a long time!

"Exactly!" Seeing Wang Li's puzzled eyes, Qian Yi nodded categorically and said, "When I was walking in the rivers and lakes in the past, I met a strange person in Xuzhou, and I couldn't sleep at night when I talked about the strange poisons in the world. That stranger once mentioned the ten great Qi poisons in the world, and the meridian soul breaking incense is the tenth, which is refined from tarantulas, centipedes, mandalas, and broken intestine grass. Its medicine has its own fragrance, and the poisoned person is all in the child's seizure, and the whole body has convulsions at the time of the attack, panic and restlessness, and others do not wake up as if they have lost their souls, so it is called the meridian soul breaking incense. ”

"Brother Qian, would you rather have a treatment?" Old Man Jia looked at Qian Yi expectantly and asked anxiously.

Qian Yi nodded and said, "I had a very pleasant conversation with that stranger back then, so I was given a few antidotes by him, and the antidote to this meridian soul breaking incense is among them." ”

Old Man Jia, Jia He's family, and Jia Zhong were first overjoyed, and then showed grief and pain, Old Man Jia beat his chest and cried: "If I knew that Mr. Qian could cure my Ning'er, how could I let An'er die without turning a blind eye?" ”

Wang Li picked up Old Man Jia and said, "Old Jia, Ben Cao knows that Jia Zhong is not the real murderer, Jia Zhong and you should be both insiders, you can talk about it!" ”

Old Man Jia couldn't hide the grief and indignation on his face, took a sip of the tea soup handed over by Jia Zhong, and said slowly: "About ten days ago, An'er came back from the county office. While he was eating, the old man saw that his face was still indignant, and the old man explained it, but An'er told the old man that he had discovered the salt, iron, and currency of the county, and that there had been a great shortfall in the number of months, so he planned to report it to the county keeper so that he could investigate it thoroughly. Who knew that the deputy commander of the soldier Cao, Wan Jian, asked him not to report it for the time being, and to deal with it later. ”

"That deputy commander of the soldier Cao made Wan Jian a good friend of An'er when he was in school, and he is also working in the county now. Therefore, the old man also advised An'er to rest and calm down, those salt and iron may have been corrupted and squandered by Wan Jian, since Wan Jian also asked for a few days of relief, why should he offend his classmates and colleagues because of a few days? Let's wait for a few days for him to make it up. ”

"The old man has done good deeds all his life, but he doesn't want to, and it is this difference in thought that has harmed my An'er and almost harmed my Ning'er." Old Man Jia showed a look of remorse on his face, and then said, "After another three or five days, Wan Jian and An Er returned to my Jia Mansion together, but the two of them drank a lot of wine together in the study that night, and the two also talked a lot, until dawn, Wan Jian walked away. Later, An'er told the old man that Wan Jian inadvertently said that he had already joined the Taiping Sect, and that the salt and iron currency stolen by Wan Jian had been handed over to the Taiping Sect, and Wan Jian could no longer fill the vacancy. ”

Taipingism?

Wang Li was shocked in his heart: Taiping Sect? But the Taiping Road created by Zhang Jiao? The famous Taiping Road in history that shouted "the world is auspicious"?

But I heard the old man Jia continue: "The Taiping Sect was created by Zhang Jiao in Julu County, Benzhou, and enshrined the art of Huang Lao, and in the past few years in Jizhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, countless people have preached disasters, and he is a living Bodhisattva in the eyes of the world, how can he instigate others to steal official iron and official silver?" ”

Sure enough, it's Taiping Road!

Wang Li was stunned, if the Taiping Sect is really Taiping, the old man's words are very likely, now it is the sixth year of Guanghe, and next year is the famous Jiazi year in history, Zhang Jiao will raise his arms in Jizhou at that time, and the 28 counties of the eight states of the Han Dynasty will respond. How do you build your own army?

"Although the old man doesn't believe that this matter was done by the Taiping Sect, but think about that Zhang Jiao has been a sect for more than ten years, and its members are all over the state, I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands? Therefore, the old man did not dare to let An'er publicize. But An'er said: The matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king is also. Ignoring our dissuasion, I wrote a few pages in private, saying that I would hand it over to the county keeper in a few days. ”

Yes, a few days ago, Ming Gong went to Jizhou on business and was not in the county, it seems that Jia An should have noticed that there were many officials involved in the county, and he was afraid that the matter would be leaked, so he did not dare to hand it over to the county magistrate. Wang Li nodded and asked, "What about the paper?" Are you still here? ”

"Jia Zhong, it's better for you to tell your lord." Old man Jia signaled to Jia Zhong, and when Jia Zhong saluted Old Man Jia, he explained, "My lord, this Jia Zhong is the old man who came to Liaodong for more than ten years to do business, rescued from the snow, although he is a Hu person, but he knows poetry and books, knows accounts, and has always been loyal. ”

Wang Li nodded noncommittally, but listened to Na Jia Zhong speak, "After Wan Jian left that day, the young master locked himself in the study, and he was busy all day, and only handed over two pieces of paper to the servant in the evening, so that the servant could take care of it, even if he lost his life, he had to ensure that this thing did not fall into the hands of others." ”

After that, Jia Zhong took off his boots, took out a dagger from his body, pried the sole of the shoe open, broke it with both hands, the sole of the shoe was separated from the body, and a piece of silk was hidden on the sole.

"The servant has copied the contents of the paper on this silk and burned it." Jia Zhong handed the silk to Wang Li, and then said, "The young master later rearranged a copy, and then hid it in a copy of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and moved this "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" from the bookshelf to the secret compartment, and strictly ordered the servants and Xiaohe to strictly guard the study, and no one except the master of the house and the young master was allowed to enter or leave the study. ”

It turned out that the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" that was lost on the bookshelf and in the dark compartment was a salt and iron account transcribed by Jia An!

Wang Li took the silk, looked at it carefully, and found that all the records on the silk were Jin Cao's salt and iron currency accounts in the past year, of which the salt and iron were in deficit of 120 stone and 400 stone respectively. And the date of the deficit was during the time when Wanjian was escorted and guarded.

"Hanshu • Legal Chronicles" once recorded that thirty catties are one jun, and four jun is one stone. That is to say, one stone is equal to one hundred and twenty catties, which is about sixty catties and thirty kilograms now.

One hundred and twenty stone salt, that is, 7,200 kilograms, according to the purification of the Han Dynasty, the per capita consumption of 10 grams of salt a day, one hundred and twenty stone salt can be eaten by at least 720,000 people for a day, or 20,000 people can eat for more than a month. And 400 stone of iron can make about 5,000 weapons weighing five catties.

It's really shocking!

Wang Li's heart sank, and he motioned for Jia Zhong to continue.

"One day later, the ten thousand swords came to my Jia Mansion again, and on this day, the young master and he had a big quarrel in the study, and it was not until the evening that ten thousand swords came out, and when he left, he said that the young master should not regret it!"

Jia Zhong pondered for a moment and continued: "Because this Wan Jian and the young master and even made friends, the little master and Wan Jian are also very familiar with each other, and when Wan Jian first came that morning, he also reported to the little master. Now that I think about it, the little master may have been poisoned by this ten thousand sword thieves at that time. On that day, the little master's toxicity began to attack, and we all thought that it was just a little master's illness, and there was no big problem. So on the second day, he went to Wei County and invited the doctor Zhang Sansheng to treat the little master, but there was nothing to be done about it. ”

It is said that no matter what the disease is, as long as the patient is still awake, he will be cured within three doses, and what is even more rare is that Zhang Chen often treats Li Shu, coachmen, and hawkers who can't afford to pay for medicine, and there are countless living people, so the whole city is called Zhang Sanzhu.

Zhang Sanzhu is indeed a famous doctor, but this is a poison that ranks among the top ten strange poisons, and the treatment is not right, so Zhang Sanzhu is naturally helpless.

Wang Li pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about later?" ”

"I waited for a few more famous doctors, but found that there was no good way, the symptoms of the little master have become more and more serious, except for the young lady and the nurse, I don't know anyone else, and people are becoming more and more sluggish." Jia Zhong said gloomily, "At the end of last night, the little master fell ill again, and the servant accompanied the young lady to find the young master, but it turned out that the young master had died tragically in the study, and the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in the dark grid was also missing, but there was an extra note in the dark grid. ”

Jia He got up, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve cage and handed it to Wang Li, only to see that it was written:

Ning'er's life is all in your thoughts!

Seeing the tragic situation of the young master, the young lady had collapsed to the ground, and the servant had no choice but to quickly report to the master of the house, and the master of the house decided. The head of the family guessed that the death of the young master should be related to Wanjian and even the Taiping Sect, and the young master was an official of the Jin Cao Peng court of Wei County, so he would inevitably alarm the court to send someone to check. The head of the house not only wants to protect the little master, but also doesn't want the young master to die unclear, so he ordered the villain to go to the little lotus girl to spread the smoke. On the other hand, he asked the villain to hide the paper silk book in the insoles and disguise the young master's poisoning, and at the same time took the opportunity to spread the hatred between the servant and the little lotus girl in front of everyone. ”

"And what does this piece of paper say?" Wang Li put away the note handed by Jia He, took out the note with 'Nine Chapters of Arithmetic' written on it from his arms, threw it over, and asked.

Jia Zhong picked up the note, looked at Xiaohe apologetically, and said: "I originally thought that if I met a mediocre and incompetent person, Xiaohe girl would take the blame for the real murderer, and I could use this to protect the little master; If you meet a person who is a middle-aged person, and the servant is a Hu person, but the servant will take revenge for 'framing him', the servant will go to the court with his testimony, and then determine whether the servant should present this certificate in the hall of the yamen according to the safety of the little master. As for the note in the hand of the adult, it was stored here on his own initiative, thinking that if God opened his eyes, my Jia family could meet an official like an adult, and the young master's grievances might be able to be redressed! ”

Wang Li nodded, glanced at Old Man Jia and Jia Zhong, and asked, "What if the ten thousand swords use the power of the Taiping Sect to destroy Jiafu?" ”

Jia Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven." When it really gets to that point, you can only resign yourself to fate. The servant received the grace of the master of the family, and the niece and wife from afar, and the servant did not hesitate to go to the soup and fire. Besides, even if my Jiafu is all destroyed, at that time, because the servants are Hu people and have grudges with Xiaohe and the head of the family, they may be able to find a trace of life, and they will not let my Jiafu sink into the sea. But I don't want to meet an adult to see through what the servant and the head of the family are plotting at a glance. ”

Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are more likely to be readers!

Wang Li nodded, although this Jia Zhong is a Hu person, he is a righteous man like Zhu Hai and Hou Ying during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This method is not advisable, especially Xiaohe's grievances may be innocent, but it is also self-preservation in desperation.

Looking outside the door, the sun was setting, the afterglow was shining, and the sky was getting dark. Wang Li pulled out his matching sword and shouted solemnly: "Brothers, listen to the order!" ”

"No!" The guards stood neatly in front of them with their hands behind their backs and steel knives at their waists.

"Qian Yi, Tang Qing, Zhu Tong!"

"Humble duty!"

"You and the other three of you will temporarily live in Jiafu, protect the people in Jiafu, and start to treat Jia Ning, there must be no mistake!"

"No!" Qian Yi and the three of them came out of the line, clasping their fists and shouting.

"Sun Cai, Zhou Kang, Zhao Wu, Liu Qi!"

"Humble duty!"

"You and the other four of you will return to the city with me (1), and quickly go to the Bingcao Armaments Division to arrest the murderer Wan Jian, there must be no mistake!"

"No!" The four of them clasped their fists together, walked out of the door with Wang Li, and turned over their horses and galloped towards Yecheng.

……

The distance of more than ten miles is not close, but under the gallop of everyone, they still rushed to the city gate before they were about to fall.

The sun is like blood on the horizon, and the twilight is getting stronger. The fish-like clouds are soaked in crimson and hang in the sky, like knitted down, and like marshmallows embedded in the sky.

The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk. When the Han Dynasty was strong, Huo Hu rode the wolf Juxu, and the Dou champion Le Shi Yanran beat the Huns and shouted, "Lose my Qilian Mountain, so that my six animals do not breed, lose my Yanzhi Mountain, and make my women colorless." Have you ever thought that this Han Dynasty is also like the sunset on the horizon, the rivers have long been declining, and the sun is waning?

Under the gate of Zhuma City, Wang Li looked back, and the shadows of the mountains, woods, and villages in the distance were longing, gradually drowning in darkness.

Exegesis:

(1) According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, when calling oneself "so", but for the convenience of readers' daily habits, the self-proclaimed unity in this book is "I".