Chapter 186: An Unusual Mountain and Forest Savage

Savages? Seeing a person Zhang Fei pulled out from behind the tree, Liu Bei was very surprised. It's no wonder that Liu Beiwei thinks that person is a savage, this barren mountain and wild ridge, there is not even a barbarian stockade nearby, and it is not a savage who will appear here. But if you look closely, this person should not be a wild man, although the clothes he wears are dirty and the person is unkempt, but how can a wild man wear clothes.

"Who are you?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

When the other party heard Liu Bei speak, he was stunned at first, then ecstatic, but then frowned again, Liu Bei was puzzled when he saw it, and was about to ask again, when he heard Shamoke who came behind him in surprise, and then walked a few steps to the front of the "wild man", and after a careful look, he asked with certainty: "Divine doctor, why are you here?" ”

"Miracle Doctor?" Not only Liu Bei was surprised, but Zhang Fei, who was holding the miracle doctor in one hand, was also surprised. For the divine doctor, Zhang Fei's impression is that he is a fairy wind and bones, definitely not like the one in front of him, who has never seen a divine doctor who is dirtier than him.

“…… You, you, are ...... Rustling? ”

"It's me, it's me, you forgot, if it wasn't for you, my father would have died of illness." Shamoko nodded excitedly.

"Oh...... It seems that there is such a thing. ”

"Someone, please go down and wash up." Liu Bei saw that Shamoke knew this divine doctor, and at the same time, he couldn't stand the strange smell emanating from the divine doctor, so he hurriedly ordered left and right. While the divine doctor was being taken down to bathe and change clothes, Liu Bei asked Sha Moke: "Shasha, who is this person?" ”

"Miracle doctor."

"I know it's a miracle doctor, what's his name?"

"Uh...... I don't know what it's called, but I know that his surname is Zhang, as if he was still an official, and then he stopped being an official and went into the mountains to see the disease for us barbarians, and we barbarians called him a miracle doctor. ”

“…… So do you know where he was an official? ”

"Uh...... It seems that he was a Taishou in Changsha. Shamoko replied after a moment's thought.

Liu Bei, who is proficient in medicine and has been a Changsha Taishou, remembers only one person who agrees with this condition, that is, Zhang Ji Zhang Zhongjing, who is known as Zhang Changsha. This machine resigned after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the pot was hung to help the world, and he never heard of this person again, but he didn't expect to meet Liu Bei in this deep mountain and dense forest today.

"Dare to ask, but Zhang Ji and Zhang Changsha?" Seeing that the divine doctor who had taken a bath and changed his clothes was brought over by Zhang Fei, Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

“…… It's the old decay, I don't know who this general is? Zhang Ji asked politely.

"Under the surname Liu Mingbei Xuande, he is a relative of the Han family, and now he assists Liu Qi, the king of Jing, in governing Jingzhou." Liu Bei introduced himself when he heard this.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Ji has been studying the pharmacology of various medicinal herbs in the mountains all the year round, and by the way, he has no way of knowing about the outside world. So when he heard Liu Bei mention Liu Qi, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know if Liu Jingsheng is still safe now?" ”

"Duke Jingsheng has passed away, and now it is the eldest prince Liu Qi who inherits the throne of King Jing. It's a pity that Jingsheng's family is unfortunate, Liu Qi's brother Liu Cong colluded with the imperial court to offer Jingzhou in exchange for wealth, and now Jingbei has been occupied by the imperial court, and Jingnan is still in our hands. ”

"Huh? General Liu, dare to ask who is in power in the imperial court now? Zhang Ji asked in confusion when he heard this.

"When today's son is the second son of the first emperor, after the death of the first emperor, the eldest son recognized the general He Jin to support the succession to the throne, but soon after the general was murdered by the ten permanent servants, Liangzhou Mu Dong Zhuo took advantage of the chaos to lead troops into Beijing, defeated and Zhou Mu Ding Yuan to control the government, declared to have the first emperor's edict, abolished the long and young, and then Cao Cao, Yuan Shao led by the princes of all walks of life have raised troops to rebel, Dong Zhuo was defeated, set fire to Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an, and then Situ Wang Yun in the court and Dong Zhuo's son Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo......" Liu Bei knew that the machine in front of him had not asked the world for many years, didn't know anything about the outside world, so he simply introduced it to Zhang Ji. What was said earlier is quite in line with the facts, but in the back, Liu Bei made it up blindly.

After the assassination of Dong, Liu Xieli worked hard to govern Liu Bei did not say, the court gradually improved from decadence Liu Bei did not say, the "truth" that came out of Liu Bei's mouth is that the court is now controlled by a group of traitorous ministers, and the Son of Heaven is coerced to order the princes, and the leader is Xun Yu.

Zhang Jitou heard about these things again, and now there is no version that can be compared, so naturally he will believe what Liu Bei says. In Zhang Ji's understanding, Liu Bei is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately his strength is not good and he is unable to return to the sky.

"General Liu, I don't know if there is anything that needs to be served?" Zhang Ji asked Liu Bei enthusiastically.

Liu Bei was waiting for this sentence, and before Zhang Ji came, Liu Bei thought of where Zhang Ji could help. He is a miracle doctor, and he has been moving around in the mountains all year round, so he must have a unique way of guarding against poisons such as mosquitoes and poisonous snakes. These days, the army has caused a lot of harm from poisonous insects and snakes, and the people's hearts are weakened, and if it continues like this, even if it can return to Jingnan, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced.

"Mr. Zhang doesn't know that our army is not familiar with the people here, especially those poisons that kill people, and they don't know how to prevent and control them, and they ask Mr. Zhang to help, Liu Bei is grateful."

"General Liu's words are serious, this is the old man's business. Please also ask the general to give me some manpower, and the old man needs to take them to collect some medicinal herbs nearby. ”

"It's been so hard sir." Liu Bei hurriedly agreed.

Seeing Zhang Ji take people into the woods to collect medicine, Liu Bei called Zhang Fei and secretly advised: "Yide, you have to keep an eye on that Zhang Ji, don't let him slip away." ”

"Brother, that old man is important?"

"At least until our army reaches Jingnan, he is important."

……

Zhang Ji deserves to be called a miracle doctor, knows pharmacology well, and it didn't take long for someone to collect a batch of herbs and come back, boil it in a cauldron. However, the herbal soup boiled out by Zhang Ji did not look good, except for Shamoke, who was stupid and bold and raised the bowl without hesitation and drank it, even a rough person like Zhang Fei was also a little hesitant to hold the bowl.

"General Liu, is it because you are worried that the old decay will poison it?" Zhang Ji frowned dissatisfiedly and asked.

"Mr. misunderstood, Mr. has been looking for medicinal herbs in the mountains for ten years, and has diagnosed barbarians for free, Mr. Liu Bei's character is trustworthy." Liu Bei hurriedly replied when he heard this, in order not to let Zhang Ji misunderstand, Liu Bei gritted his teeth, and drank the medicinal soup in the bowl with a tilt of his neck.

It tastes so good! But the effect seems to be good, drinking a bowl of medicinal soup, Liu Bei feels warm in his abdomen, and there is an indescribable comfort. And Zhang Fei and the others saw that Liu Bei had drunk it, so they no longer hesitated, and drank the medicinal soup one after another with the idea of dying together.

"Old gentleman, can you prevent those poisons after drinking this bowl of medicinal soup?" Liu Bei put down the bowl and asked Zhang Jidao.

"Of course not, that medicinal soup is only for you to condition your body, if you want to prevent poisons, you have to crush these herbs and grind them into juice, and then apply them to your body." Zhang Ji shook his head when he heard this, pointed to the herbs that were stacked separately and explained to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded, and ordered the dozen or so people who had previously followed Zhang Ji into the forest to collect medicine to set off again to collect medicine nearby, while Zhang Ji was left by Liu Bei to speak.

Zhang Ji doesn't look like a miracle doctor who is good at medical skills, but before he became a miracle doctor, he was also an official, and he also achieved Changsha Taishou, and Zhang Ji also has no shortage of experience in officialdom. The reason why he abandoned his official position at the beginning was that Zhang Ji was disappointed in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty at that time and was unwilling to go along with it, and second, he wanted to spend more time on treating diseases and saving people, rather than thinking about how to drill the camp.

Liu Bei is an ambitious person, as early as when he was a child, he once compared himself to Gaozu, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first fan of Gaozu. After so many years of training, Liu Bei has not learned anything else, but his ability to talk to people and talk about ghosts has long been perfected. Even if you chat with Zhang Ji, who is proficient in medical science, you can talk together.

With the addition of Zhang Ji, Liu Bei's army did not have to worry about non-combat attrition for the time being, and there was no danger along the way, and finally passed through the mountains and dense forests and returned to Wuling in Jingnan. Looking at Wuling City in the distance, Liu Bei and his subordinates, who had been running for months, seemed to be living as if they were alive.

"Pick up the speed and don't get drunk tonight." Liu Bei shouted loudly to everyone, and ran towards Wuling City first. And Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi and others were also very excited at this time, running around for months, and now victory is finally in sight, as long as they return to Wuling City, they can finally sleep peacefully.

Tens of thousands of horses rushed towards Wuling City in a hurry, and the formation immediately frightened the defenders of Wuling City. Liu Bei's army has been traveling through the deep mountains and dense forests for more than two months, and his appearance is not much different from that of barbarians at first glance. When Liu Bei first arrived in Jingnan, he had dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the barbarians, and it can be said that the barbarians chose to surrender after being frightened by Liu Bei, and since then, there has been no more barbarian siege in the cities of Jingnan. But now that the imperial court intends to recover Jingnan, and Chen Bing Jiangling has been in Jiangling for many days, all parts of Jingnan can't help but feel nervous.

"Bell ~ Bell ~ Bell ~ Bell ~" A rapid gong sounded at the head of the city, the gate of Wuling City was rapidly closing, and the head of the city was also crowded, actively preparing to defend the city.

Liu Bei was fast and rushed to the forefront, so he was the first to find that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly stationed his horse to look at the city, and found that the defenders of the city were arranging the city defense, Liu Bei did not dare to be careless, worried that Wuling had already asked the court to take it, and hurriedly ordered Chen Zhidao, who came up: "Uncle Zhi, you should bring someone forward to ask what is going on, be careful." ”

"Don't worry, the lord will save it." Chen Zhi agreed, stretched out his hand to take the shield handed over by the guards to protect the vital point, and then took several people to urge the horse to the city, looked up, and found that the people at the head of the city knew him, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "Yin Kongxiu, the lord is here, you close the city gate, what do you want?" ”

Yin Guan at the head of the city was thinking about how to defend Wuling without losing it, and suddenly heard someone shouting his words under the city, and couldn't help but look down in wonder. The person in the city was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who this person was for a while, so he asked curiously, "Who are you?" ”

Chen Zhi was angry and funny when he heard this, and replied loudly: "Yin Kongxiu, don't you know the old man?" I'm Chen to Chen Shuzhi. ”

"Uncle Zhi?" Yin Guan was very surprised, the dirty man in the city who couldn't bury it turned out to be Chen Dao?

“…… You wiped your face clean, I really don't recognize you like this. Yin Guan shouted loudly.

Chen Zhi was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he had no other way, so he had to ask the people around him for a water bladder and pour some water to wet his face, and wiped it vigorously with his sleeve, although it was still dirty, but fortunately he could recognize the appearance.

"Oops~ It turns out that it is really Shuzhi, where is the lord?"

"Stop talking nonsense, open the gates."

"This is open, this is open, don't be impatient." Yin Guan ordered someone to open the city gate, and at the same time personally went down to the city gate to greet him.

After a false alarm, Liu Bei led people into Wuling, and the first thing everyone did when they entered the city was to bathe and change clothes. There is no way, they are all dirty, and they seem to have just crawled out of the grave, and walking on the street is really unsightly.

When Liu Bei finished washing up, changed into clean clothes, and came out to meet the officials, Yin Guan finally saw the former lord again. When he first saw Liu Bei at the city gate, Yin Guan was stunned and didn't recognize it, but fortunately, Zhang Fei was easier to recognize, and Yin Guan also knew who the lord was.

"Lord, you are back safe and sound." Yin Guan said excitedly.

"Kong Xiu doesn't have to be like that. What is happening in the imperial court right now? Liu Bei casually comforted him, and then asked what he was most concerned about. After losing contact with the outside world for more than two months, and not knowing what the next move of the imperial court would be, Liu Bei was eager to know at this time.

"My lord, it's really a bit strange to say this? Two months ago, the imperial court said that it would recover Jingnan, so Li Zhengfang, Jian Xianhe and others were not nervous. But the strange thing is that the imperial court has no other movement except for Chen Bing Jiangling, but spreads rumors everywhere to ruin the reputation of the lord. ”

"Oh? What is my reputation ruined? Liu Bei asked curiously when he heard this.

“…… Rumors say that the lord ordered the slaughter of Chengdu, and Chengdu is now ten rooms and nine empty......" Yin Guan whispered to Liu Bei.

“…… Kong Xiu, this matter is not a rumor. On the same day, he was leading the army to attack Chengdu, but he suddenly heard the bad news of Yun Chang, and he was angry...... Alas, afterwards, I also regretted and blamed myself, but the mistake had been made and it was difficult to recover. ”

Seeing Liu Bei's remorseful look, Yin Guan didn't know how to comfort Liu Bei, so he had to change the topic and say to Liu Bei: "Lord, there is still something to tell the lord." ”

"What?"

"The eldest prince is dying."

"What!?" Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Remember that the eldest prince was fine before he sent out the army? ”

"The subordinates don't know the reason, the eldest prince seems to have fallen ill suddenly."

"Have you ever asked someone to heal?"

"Jingnan has looked for anyone who is a little famous, but those people can't even find the cause."

Liu Bei is very concerned about Liu Qi's life and death at the moment, because Liu Qi is a very important hole card in Liu Bei's hand, and with Liu Qi's banner, Liu Bei has the name to confront the imperial court. After all, Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, since ancient times, Liu Qi is Liu Biao's first heir, as long as there is Liu Qi's banner, Liu Bei can be famous and fight with the imperial court.

"Where is the eldest prince now?" Liu Bei asked Yin Guandao.

"Now he is being placed in Changsha to recuperate."

Liu Bei can't take a break, once Liu Qi is not there, Liu Bei's disadvantage will be more obvious, and Liu Pan and Liu Hu, who support Liu Qi, may also have different hearts, and the small 20,000 people are very important to Liu Bei, so Liu Qi must not have an accident at this time.

"Lord, it's better to rest for the night and then go to Changsha." Yin Guan saw that Liu Bei's face was tired, and he suggested with concern.

"Don't worry about something. Kong Xiu, you can defend the city in peace. This time when I came back, I met the miracle doctor Zhang Ji on the way, as long as he diagnosed and treated the eldest son, the eldest prince would be safe. ”

Yin Guan has lived in Jingzhou for many years, and he has heard the name of Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to see him. At this time, when I heard Liu Bei say that I had invited back Shenlong to see Doctor Zhang, who was not the beginning and the end, I couldn't help but be curious. However, human life is at stake, and Yin Guan also knew that this was not the time to visit Zhang Ji, so after sending Liu Bei and his party out of the city, he returned to the city to arrange the food and accommodation of the returning army.

Liu Bei hurried all the way and rushed to Changsha with Zhang Ji, because he had already bathed in Wuling City, but there was no more embarrassing scene outside Wuling City.

When Liu Pan learned of Liu Bei's arrival, he hurriedly took his younger brother Liu Hu to greet him in person, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Liu Bei's explanation. Liu Pan should be regarded as Liu Biao's nephew on the relationship. After Liu Biao settled in Jingzhou, he felt that the people around him were insufficient, so he ordered someone to take his family's nephew to Jingzhou. Liu Pan and Liu Hu brothers are good at martial arts and not good at writing, so Liu Biao arranged for these two to serve in the army. Originally, it was under the command of Wen Ping, but after Wen Ping was captured by the Han army, Liu Biao let the two lead an army alone.

As a peer, Liu Qi has a good relationship with Liu Pan and Liu Hu, mainly because Liu Qi has a good temperament and is deeply trusted by Liu Pan and Liu Hu. After Liu Biao's death, Liu Pan and Liu Hu chose to support Liu Qi, so they led their troops to vote.

It is important to save people, Liu Bei's purpose in coming to Changsha despite fatigue is to save Liu Qi's life, at least Liu Qi can't die for now. After a few words of greeting with Liu Pan, Liu Bei put forward a suggestion to ask Zhang Ji to diagnose and treat Liu Qi, Liu Pan couldn't ask for this, and hurriedly led Zhang Ji into Liu Qi's ward.

Zhang Ji deserves to be a miracle doctor, and as soon as the means of looking at and hearing about it came out, he immediately concluded that Liu Qi was not sick, but was poisoned by someone who was rare.

"Poisoned?" Liu Pan and Liu Hu were very surprised, while Liu Bei on the side chuckled in his heart.

Nobles forget a lot of things, there are too many things that Liu Bei needs to deal with, and some things are forgotten by Liu Bei, until Zhang Ji said that Liu Qi was poisoned at this time, Liu Bei suddenly remembered, it seems, it seems, Liu Qi's poisoning is related to himself.

That was before sending troops to attack Bashu, Liu Bei felt that after taking Bashu as the foundation, Liu Qi's role would become smaller, and in order to annex Liu Pan and Liu Hu's subordinates, Liu Qi must die. So before sending troops, Liu Bei ordered his cronies to find someone to find an opportunity to attack. Later, because he was too busy, Liu Bei forgot about it......

"Who is so vicious? Could it be the imperial court? Liu Bei said righteously.