Volume 2 Conquest and Killing Chapter 67 Fighting for Life and Gambling Medicine
Xuan Shaoning was quite surprised, and hurriedly looked around, and sure enough, he entered the side door of the Bai Family Medicine Workshop, and now he was facing the warehouse used by the Bai Family Medicine Factory to store medicinal materials. Hey, I'm so nervous that I don't even recognize the familiar place. At this moment, looking at the dress of the woman in front of her, she was really wearing the work clothes that the Bai family pharmacists must wear.
"I see, I was abrupt and frightened!" Xuan Shaoning immediately apologized after understanding that it was his own misjudgment.
"Master Jun, this is tormenting the little woman!"
"Just by virtue of your courage to come to find medicinal herbs alone, it is much stronger than a man!"
Hearing the compliment, the woman's face unconsciously flushed, "Human life is at stake, it is the duty of a doctor to treat diseases and save people, although the little woman is only a medical worker, she has always adhered to the belief of benevolence of doctors in the Bai Family Pharmacy, and she really can't bear to watch innocent people continue to be poisoned and die." ”
"Well said! That's how Luo Yao is! At the mention of this name, Xuan Shaoning's eyes flashed, "You just said that you also suspect that the people of the feudal residence are poisoned, and you and a few medical workers have been fine, right?" ”
"Yes, I originally expected that I would die, but after many days, there was no sign of poisoning, and I thought it should be related to what medicinal herbs I had eaten in the pharmacy." Seeing that Xuan Shaoning's attitude became kind, the woman also lowered her guard.
"And what did you find?"
"Can Master Jun come in with me?"
The woman took Xuan Shaoning into the medicinal materials warehouse, the Bai family behaved properly, and each medicinal material was classified into the medicine compartment of the high-wall cabinet according to its own characteristics and pasted with the name of the medicine, full of nearly 100 kinds.
"How do you choose so many medicinal herbs?"
"Master Jun, although there are many medicinal materials, not just any kind of medicine will be used for pharmacists to eat, only if it is used for both medicine and food and the purchase volume is large, so the types of choices are greatly reduced."
Yes! It is a medicine that is three parts poisonous, and the pharmacist is even more proficient in this, so naturally he will not take some medicinal materials casually and take it himself, and after all, the Bai Family Pharmacy is also in business, and the precious medicinal herb pharmacist is not qualified to contact it. Thinking of this, Xuan Shaoning even looked at the woman in front of him who was not amazing.
"Don't call me military master anymore, my name is Xuan Shaoning, you can call me by name."
"The little girl doesn't dare."
"I am the captain of the Xuanjia Military Academy, the Xuanjia guards the land and will never oppress the people, you don't have to be so afraid!"
"That'....... Then I'll just shout Brother Xuan, right? ”
"That's good."
"The little girl's surname is Mu, and her name is Rouge."
"Good name, then I'll call you Rouge."
After listening to Xuan Shaoning's words, Rouge lowered his head, stared at his toes a little shyly, and stopped the work in his hands.
"Why did you stop?"
"Oh! I ......." Rouge was suddenly awakened by Xuan Shaoning, a little at a loss, his eyes drifted up and down the medicine cabinet in a panic, and suddenly said: "I found it!" ”
Xuan Shaoning followed the direction of Rouge's finger and saw a medicine compartment in the corner, and the sign said "Chilizi".
"Is this it?"
"Not only this, but these!" Rouge said while his subordinates kept going, and took out three kinds of medicinal materials in a few medicine grids, "There are Mutong, Maimen, and Lotus Root, these four medicinal materials have a commonality that is to defeat the fire and cool the heart, clear the heat and relieve the surface, and the growth is the most vigorous in summer, people have the habit of boiling the four medicinal materials together, and the tea soup becomes tan, and drinking it after cooling is the most thirst-quenching. ”
"May I take the liberty of asking, where is your hometown?"
"I am from Yinzhou, and the people in my hometown will drink it in the summer, and we also named him 'Four Flavor Drink'."
That's right, Yinzhou, Annan Bai's family is there, Luo Yao.......
"Xuan ...... Big brother, what's the problem? ”
Seeing Rouge looking at him with a puzzled expression, Xuan Shaoning hurriedly pulled his iQue back to reality. "Oh, so ..... So you think it's because you drank these four flavors that you weren't poisoned? ”
"I think so, although I'm not sure, but I can't bear to see everyone being poisoned and dying, so it's better to give it a try at this point."
"But we're not sure if it's poisoning or pestilence?"
"The feudal city was originally the northern gateway of Daliang, which was used to garrison the army, and the number of permanent people was far less than that of the army. If it is a plague, it will inevitably take a period of as short as a few days or as long as dozens of days from the onset of one person to another, and as far as I know, seven days ago, people began to die from the east of the city, and every person who died was bleeding from seven holes and had a blue and gray face, which looked like poisoning, as long as the general direction of the underground water source of the fiefdom city can be found and combined with the order of the area where the poisoned people appeared! ”
"You're right! Sure enough, it's a healer, your explanation made me suddenly enlightened! ”
Xuan Shaoning's praise made Rouge a little shy, so he had to turn his eyes away, and his hands were pulling at his clothes uneasily.
"Then you say we should bring some herbs to some poisoned people first, and see if it works?"
"That's all there is to it"
"Well, I'll do it right away!"
Xuan Shaoning summoned a cloth bag from the medicine shop, grabbed a certain amount of four medicinal materials according to the proportion under the guidance of Rouge, and rushed back to the general's mansion with Rouge. At this time, under the command of Geng Yan, everyone performed their duties, the corpses were constantly being transported from the General's Mansion, the sick and the wounded were placed in two areas and taken care of by special people back and forth, General Yang was also sent to his bedroom, at this moment, it was time to hold the lamp, and the entire Guangyuan Army General's Mansion was brightly lit.
"Captain Xuan!" The sharp-eyed Qing Cang first called out, "Where have you been, it took so long to come back, and we are still worried about you, thinking about whether to tell the commander to go out to find you!" ”
"The Donghu people have been driven away by us, what are you worried about? It's you, have you completed the task assigned to you, have they found it? ”
"Don't worry, Captain Xuan, we have found all the people, but Gu Duwei's side also suffered heavy casualties, most of them have already died of poison, even Gu Duwei himself was poisoned!"
Although he had imagined this result before, but at this moment, he was verified, and he still felt unspeakably uncomfortable, Xuan Shaoning clenched the cloth bag in his hand.
Then the firelight, Qing Cang saw the rouge following Xuan Shaoning, and asked strangely, "Who is she?" ”
"It's too late to explain to you now, it's important to save people!" Xuan Shaoning didn't care about Qing Cang's doubtful face, and walked into the general's mansion quickly with rouge.
"The last general will see the commander!"
"Shaoning, you finally came back, I heard that you went to find the antidote alone, do you still insist that everyone is poisoned?" Geng Yan asked.
"Back to the commander, the last general is not very sure, but the pharmacist next to him has provided a method of detoxification, and I ask the commander to agree to let us test the medicine!" Xuan Shaoning turned sideways and let go of the rouge behind him, and the rouge hurriedly knelt down and said, "The grass people rouge is a pharmacist in the Bai family's medicine workshop. ”
"Get up, you say you're a pharmacist, you have a way to detoxify?"
"The grass people are not sure, but now they can only ...... I can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor......."
"How can you convince the people or the warriors? The consequences of the drug test are unpredictable, if it is not successful, will it not harm people's lives? ”
"But if you don't try, the soldiers and civilians in this fiefdom will only continue to be poisoned, and we can't sit still!"
Facing the confrontation between Xuan Shaoning and Geng Yan, Rouge was quite moved in his heart, he had only known him for an hour, but Xuan Shaoning trusted himself so much, he just wanted to open his mouth to help Xuan Shaoning, but he heard someone shouting, "I'll try!" ”
Everyone looked out of the door, but saw Gu Junyuan walking over with the help of someone, he did not show symptoms of bleeding from the seven orifices, but his face was pale and gray, and he was obviously weak.
"Captain Gu!"
Gu Junyuan stopped Xuan Shaoning: "You're right, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, you should try; But what Commander Geng said also made sense, everyone has not eaten a mouthful of food or drunk a sip of water since they entered the fiefdom, and if the treatment fails at this time, it will undoubtedly be a big blow to the morale of the army. Instead of going to someone else to test the medicine, let me come, I'm a soldier, and this reason is good enough. ”
"Junyuan" Geng Yan helped Gu Junyuan, the other party tried to squeeze out a smile, Geng Yan nodded and shouted: "Shaoning!" ”
"Yes, we're ready right away!"
Xuan Shaoning pulled the rouge and ran to the dining room, "Qingcang help prepare firewood!" Rouge, you come with herbs! I'll boil the water! ”
"Okay!"
Qing Cang took out the strength to slash and kill the enemy, Xuan Shaoning poured half a bucket of well water into the stove pot and didn't care whether the well water had been poisoned, Rouge put enough herbs into the pot, as the water slowly boiled, the juice in the herbs began to be released into the water, and the color of the soup gradually changed to brown.
"That's it!" Rouge shouted, and Xuan Shaoning immediately scooped out a bowl from the pot and carefully brought it to Gu Junyuan. Everyone stared at the bowl of tan tea soup in front of them, still steaming, and their hearts were all conflicted.
"Gu Duwei ......"
didn't wait for Xuan Shaoning to finish speaking, Gu Junyuan didn't think about it, picked up the bowl and poured a whole bowl of tea soup into his stomach in a few bites, "The taste is slightly sweet, it quenches my thirst, even if I can't detoxify, I can still drink such a bowl of tea soup before I die, and I am satisfied!" ”
Obviously, Gu Junyuan's optimism did not infect everyone present, but they all looked at him with blank eyes.
"What are you all looking at me for? Even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated, it doesn't have such a quick curative effect, right? ”
"What Gu Duwei said is, you better go and rest, and I'll let Shaoning take care of you."
"The last general commands!" Xuan Shaoning didn't wait for Gu Junyuan to speak, and immediately stood up and helped Gu Junyuan to the backyard, Rouge didn't know anyone except Xuan Shaoning, so he had to follow behind. Although Gu Junyuan is the status of a captain, it is impossible to have special treatment in his current situation, and he can only rest on the slightly thicker straw mat placed on the ground.
"Come, Captain Gu, sit down carefully."
"Shaoning, when I fought side by side, I still remember it now, I didn't die on the battlefield, and I can test the medicine for the people of the feudal family."
"Gu Duwei, to be honest, although it is a test medicine, Rouge and I are still very confident in this medicine!" Rouge immediately nodded vigorously to show his support for Xuan Shaoning, "Gu Duwei, you have a good rest, sleep well, maybe the poison will be cured in the morning tomorrow!" Xuan Shaoning was encouraging, but heard a quarrel coming from the direction of the school martial arts field.
"Rouge, I'll go see what's going on, you stay here and help me take care of Captain Gu, okay?"
"Mmmm, Brother Xuan, you can rest assured!" Rouge nodded vigorously in agreement.
At this moment, in the school martial arts field, Xing Gang was holding a Donghu man, and he struggled to press this Donghu man with a big tie to the ground, and the Donghu man knelt on his knees, although he wanted to raise his head desperately, but he was forced to bow his head because Xing Gang pressed one of his legs on his shoulder.
"Let's take a look, this Donghu rebel army is still trying to plot against us after the defeat of the army, and secretly make trouble in the dark, let's talk about how to deal with it!" Xing Gang reprimanded loudly, attracting a lot of Xuanjia soldiers to surround him.
"You should report to the commander immediately!"
"Just a remnant of Donghu, how can you trouble the commander, you can get the direct formation!"
"That's right, kill it directly, and pay tribute to our brothers and the people who live in the fiefdom!"
"Kill him!"
For a while, the crowd was excited, Xing Gang had this intention, and pulled out the saber he carried, the blade was sharp, and the tip of the knife was on the neck of the Donghu people, "Tonight, let this master do the right thing for heaven!" ”
"Xing Gang, stop!"
The sudden break was so startled that Xing Gang almost stumbled, and when he turned his head, he saw his top boss Xuan Shaoning standing in the crowd looking at him seriously.
"Xuan ...... Captain Xuan"
"What the hell is going on, let's be clear!"
"Oh, that's right, just now I led the patrol to the vicinity of the closed granary and found a few people sneaky, we rushed up and confronted these people, cut down a few people and captured one alive, take a closer look It turned out to be Donghu soldiers, I found fire folds on them, it seems that they want to burn down the granary at night, their hearts are vicious!"
"You let go first"
"Huh? Captain Xuan? ”
"Let go, I want to see him!"
The second monk of Xinggang was puzzled, but it was his duty to obey orders as a soldier, so he put down his legs and stood aside. In this way, the Donghu man immediately stood up, although he was still tied, but he did not show any fear in the face of Xuan Shaoning.
"I am Dong Hu Huozheng, and according to my rank, I am also the commander of your Liang Dynasty, I can splash blood in the wasteland, but I must not bow to the enemy!" Donghu gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, staring at Xuan Shaoning with burning eyes.
"Your army has been defeated, do you think you can turn the tide of war by sneaking back with a few men and burning down the granary? If it weren't for the vicious traps, do you think you would be able to withstand the frontal attack of our Xuanjia Army? ”
In the face of Xuan Shaoning's series of questions, the Donghu people were not stunned at all, "You Liang Dynasty people have always looked down on us Donghu, making fun of us as barbarians, Ru Mao drinks blood, does not understand poetry, especially does not even have the technology and stones for forging weapons, and is a group of rabble who will be defeated in one blow!" What do you think? See how good we are, right? I didn't expect our Donghu to have a day of hurting you! ”
Xuan Shaoning, who wanted to fight back, only heard a neutral male voice appear behind him, and sure enough, it was Geng Yan, the commander of this battle, who said loudly as he walked with a solemn face, until he walked to Xuan Shaoning's side and stopped.
"Even if you have the technology and stone to forge weapons, even if you use trickery to kill my Xuanjia brothers, what is it? It's not the same that the army is defeated, and they run back to the lair in disgrace! If it weren't for the fact that my Great Liang Shengshang thought about the misery of life, as long as he gave an order, my Great Liang army would definitely wash your Donghu in blood, and Donghu would no longer exist from now on! ”
"Phew! The mediocre old emperor of your Liang Kingdom won't be able to sit on the dragon chair for a few days! When the country changes hands, see how long you are still proud! Donghu people's eyes widened, and he said with spittle.
"Oh? In this case, I can't kill you anymore, and I will escort you to Beijing to see if you live longer or if I, the Great Liang Shengshang, will sit on the dragon chair longer! Someone comes, escort him down, tie up the ropes, and never let him kill himself! Geng Yan no longer looked at the Donghu people, turned around and wanted to leave, but lowered his voice to Xuan Shaoning and said, "Follow me."
Late at night, the feudal city recovered from the hustle and bustle of the day, and began to enjoy the quiet time of the night.
"Have you read the contents of MeMessage?" It was Geng Yan who asked the question.
"The last general has never looked at it!" It was Xuan Shaoning who answered.
"How did you discover such a secret letter?"
"At that time, Yabal of Donghu found that he was besieged by our army, so he decided to retreat, but even at that critical moment, he still returned to the camp instead of immediately fleeing on horseback, and the last general thought that there must be something very important in the camp, so he rushed into the camp and continued to fight with Yaba, and when he rushed in, it was the moment when he wanted to carry the letter, and in the panic he dropped a part, so he was discovered by the last general. Since the content of the letter that he had to take with him at the risk of death must have been quite important, the last general brought it back. Xuan Shaoning stopped speaking after speaking, waiting for Geng Yan's further questions, but found that Geng Yan had not spoken for a long time.
Maybe you're organizing your sentences, or you don't know what to ask for a while, or ...... Xuan Shaoning stood behind Geng Yan and looked at the motionless back, and made many assumptions in his heart, but Geng Yan didn't give him a chance to verify at all, and even Xuan Shaoning wondered if Geng Yan was overworked and had fallen asleep at the moment?
"You must be tired today, rest early." Geng Yan turned around and said something to Xuan Shaoning after being silent for an unknown amount of time, and without waiting for Xuan Shaoning to react, he took the lead in leaving the Jujiangtai, leaving Xuan Shaoning to smirk at himself for a while. After returning to the general's mansion, Xuan Shaoning visited the injured Ling Feiyan, Si Heng, Cao Tie, Xie Yi and other brothers, and came to the side room to see Gu Junyuan still asleep, Rouge was guarding dutifully, and he was immediately happy when he saw Xuan Shaoning coming back.
"You're back, Gu Duwei hasn't woken up."
"I'm sure your recipe will be useful, it's not too early, and you should rest early."