Yu Ji is busy.

He was surrounded by a group of homeless people who were putting needles in the middle of an old woman. The old woman was held by her son, her eyes closed, and she moaned in pain. "Let me die, let me die." She grabbed her son by the collar and shook it. "Let me die, and I won't drag you down."

"Mother, you can't die." The middle-aged man hugged the old woman and asked her not to move, and comforted: "The gods have cured you of your illness, you will not die in great trouble, and you will enjoy happiness in the future." A-Qing is pregnant, it's a son, you have to have a grandson, you can't die. ”

The old woman hesitated. "That'...... Then I'll look at it and die. ”

The patients around laughed and teased the old woman. It can be seen that although these people are not lightly ill, they have immortals by their side, and their mood is relatively relaxed, and they should have confidence in Ji. It's just that looking at it, it's either old or young, no matter how clever the gods are, there are many people who can't survive this epidemic. However, they did not doubt the methods of the immortals. The dead pass away for a long time, but the living will be grateful to the gods.

Taoism arose in the late Han Dynasty, and it was precisely because of the epidemic epidemic at the end of the Han Dynasty that Taoist priests who mastered witchcraft and medical skills could save people and feel at ease, which was welcomed by the general public. In contrast, although Buddhism also reached the common people in the late Han Dynasty, it did not have the support of the ordinary people because it did not have such means, and it was not widely spread. It is able to attract ordinary people because of the free alcohol and meat, not the medical technology.

Buddhism took the high-end route at the beginning, and later in order to promote it, it learned the practical skills of Taoism, such as divination, fortune-telling and even medicine, which were all derived from Taoism. Taoism, on the other hand, was rooted in the common people from the beginning, and it was not inconsistent with curing the sick and saving people and cultivating the Tao to become immortals.

But Taoist priests are not immortals after all, they can't save many people, and they can't undo this troubled world. When the turbulent times of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties became more and more intense, people's survival became more and more difficult, and in the face of unexpected death, even the powerful people of the family felt that their fate was ill-fated and unpredictable, and the Buddhist concept of the afterlife became a paradise for them to escape. This is the reason why Buddhism really became popular in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Sun Ce didn't want to see that day, he wanted to try his best to reverse this history, but in the face of the super opponent of the plague, he also felt very powerless. If you want to unify the world, you have to fight, but frequent wars are an important reason for the outbreak of plague. Plagues and wars go hand in hand, starting from wars and restricting wars in turn. The more fiercely he fought, the more frequent and terrible the plague became. When there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is not one in ten people, the war naturally cannot continue.

When it comes to the lethality of the population, even war has to be bowed to the wind, and the plague is the well-deserved number one killer.

Sun Ce stood in the distance, looking at the busy Yu Ji, with indescribable resentment in his heart.

Yu Ji saw Sun Ce, took some medicine for the old woman, and instructed the precautions, then got up and came to Sun Ce's side. Although the people waiting for treatment didn't say anything, they obviously complained and didn't give Sun Ce any good looks.

"It's all foolishness, don't mind the general." Yu Ji said.

Sun Ce smiled. "Yu Gong, I'm fine, but you have to pay attention to yourself. Even if you are successful in cultivating the Tao, it is better to be careful when you are in the pile of sick people all day long. ”

"It doesn't matter. There are many reasons for getting sick, but in the final analysis, it is the lack of righteousness that allows the evil qi to take advantage of it. Although I don't dare to say that it is a pure yang body, the righteousness is still sufficient. Yu Ji looked at Sun Ce, his eyebrows showing concern. General, are you too tired these days? ”

Sun Ce nodded. He is indeed very tired these days, not only physically, but also mentally. Facing Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, he was confident that he would defeat him. In the face of the plague, he was not sure at all. Even if there is a Materia Medica, even if there is a famous doctor like Zhang Zhongjing and a Taoist priest like Yu Ji, he still has no chance of winning. Zhang Zhongjing wrote "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", but that was the result of decades of research, at the cost of the death of more than 100 people. He theorized about the nature of some plagues, but he didn't have any practical ways to curb them.

At most, he allocated some food and medicine, and did as much logistical support as possible.

"It's a little tired." Sun Ce looked back at the people. "I'll have another battalion allocated to you later. So many people are contagious when they get together, so let them live separately. The corpse should be buried farther and deeper. Do not drink raw water, drink boiled water as much as possible. Don't worry about firewood, I'll pay it in time. You don't have to worry about medicine, I've sent someone to allocate it urgently. Those who are sick should be cured, and those who are not sick should be prevented. ”

"General, do you still have a spare mansion?"

Sun Ce looked at Yu Ji with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"These people are the old and weak who have been left behind, have no place to live, are thoughtful, and are more susceptible to diseases. If you can settle them down, it will help them recover. Yes, they can neither work nor farm, but it is more dangerous to let them go around. ”

Looking at Yu Ji, Sun Ce was embarrassed and hurriedly nodded in agreement. At this time and that time, I felt that these people were useless, but now is an extraordinary time, these people are the biggest unstable factor, I can't let them run around, and it is fortunate not to cause trouble.

"No problem, there are a lot of idle houses and fields in Yuzhou, and if they want to stay, I am very welcome."

"Then I'll thank the general on their behalf." Yu Ji arched his hand and bowed very formally. "The general came to me, did he want the Taiping Sutra? I really can't take care of it these days, and I ask the general for a few days. If the general has any questions, I can answer you first. ”

Sun Ce shook his hand and pondered the language. Guo Jia said that Yu Ji could help establish the Materia Medica, and he also felt that Taoism's internal pursuit of Taoism would help the development of traditional Chinese medicine, but he did not want Taoism to follow the old path. Compared with the afterlife of Buddhism, Taoism has a humanistic side, but Taoism is a religion after all, and it is inevitable that a large part of the energy will be used on those ethereal things.

"After a while, some medical craftsmen will come from Nanyang Materia Medica to help control the plague. I want to ask Yu Gong for help, but before that, I want to communicate with Yu Gong, and I have something to say ahead. ”

"General, please."

"Yu Gong said that it is more difficult to seek the Tao in the body, and you have cultivated for decades before you have a chance to get a glimpse of the Dao. Now is a troubled time, money and food are tight, and I can't afford to supply too many people who cultivate the inner path, so the main energy may still be on seeking the Tao outside the body. ”

Yu Ji stroked his beard and laughed silently. "The general can rest assured, there is no additional expense to seek the Tao in the body, and it is not something that anyone can cultivate, it depends on chance."

"One more thing, it's not that I don't believe in the art of spells, but for now, I don't think these skills can be mastered by ordinary people. When working with the healers of the Honcado, I wanted to minimize the amount of witch. Sun Ce looked at Yu Ji quietly. I hope that Yu Gonggong can put more effort into guiding, massage, acupuncture and other techniques to cultivate some useful talents. ”

Yu Ji shook his head. "General, the reason why people are sick is that in addition to the invasion of external evil qi, restlessness and restlessness are also one of the internal causes. For many people, charms are still useful. ”

Sun Ce raised his head, looked at the people in the distance, and was silent for a moment. "Yu Gong, I just hope to be biased."