After burying the villagers who had been killed, the group settled down in this small village. After a short time, a few villagers who had gone out to hide returned, and after learning the news, they knelt down in front of the tombs of the whole village and cried.

Their relatives and friends who did not want to leave the village were killed in the catastrophe. Liu Zhongkang collected the bodies of the villagers who were killed, and they were also grateful to Liu Zhongkang and his party. Liu Zhongkang saw that they had nowhere to go, so he invited them to go along. The next day, the team set out on their way to Xiliang again.

Although everyone chooses the mountains and wilderness to travel in a steep and less crowded place, there is no danger, but the road is difficult, and it will inevitably take a few more days. However, after witnessing the tragic situation in that village, Liu Zhongkang had to decide to do so.

The surviving baby who had been picked up from the kitchen was babbling and waving his little white hands in Mrs. Lau's arms. At first, everyone was struggling with what to feed the child, but several lactating women in the team volunteered to take over the task of feeding the unfortunate child. Li Yanzhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, in this era when everyone is still precarious, this group of ordinary people who will be at the bottom of the society no matter who sits in the country, but they are flashing the brilliance of human nature all the time.

The procession walked slowly. Out of Chen Cang, he had already walked out of the territory controlled by Liu Zhao, and everyone was relieved. More than ten days later, the young and strong report of the road exploration in front has entered the boundary of Longxi County. Liu Zhongkang and Li Yanzhao couldn't help but be in good spirits. Enter Longxi, then turn to the northwest, go for six or seven days, and you can enter the Liangzhou region.

Li Yanzhao said to Liu Zhongkang: "The closer you get to the border, the more difficult it is to stop. Liu Zhao has more than enough troops with Liangzhou, and the border must be guarded with heavy troops. Liu Zhongkang thought so, and after that, the young Zhuang sent to explore the way were in groups of three or four. The two brothers Cao Jian and Cao Shen also volunteered to go forward many times. Li Yanzhaoguan and the two brothers behaved moderately. After questioning, I learned that the two brothers often hunted in the mountains, and they were proficient in tracking and evading. So there is a lot of reliance.

The land of Longxi is much more desolate than the land of Qinchuan. On the one hand, it is because of drought and lack of rain, and on the other hand, it is also because of years of war. This place is close to Liangzhou, and it is heard that the Liangzhou Mu Zhang family has followed the Jin Dynasty name from beginning to end, and placed Wuxing and Jinxing two counties to settle the Han people. So Longxi returned to his heart, from the wealthy families to the Qianshou Li people, and left their hometowns for Liangzhou. The land of Longxi gradually became more and more desolate. Looking at the barren and uninhabited vast fields at the moment, Li Yanzhao turned his head and said to Liu Zhongkang: "Liu's Zhao Guo will die soon. ”

Liu Zhongkang's eyes were dazed and puzzled. In his eyes, Liu Zhao was in the middle of the country, with strong soldiers and strong horses, teeth and claws, terrifying, but the young man in front of him said lightly that Liu Zhao's life was not long, and he really couldn't believe it.

Looking at Liu Zhongkang's puzzled gaze, Li Yanzhao said slowly: "Those who have always fought for the world and become a hegemon are all based on one city, one county, and one state. Diligent government and love the people, encourage production, prosper people, and accumulate grain and grain. When the time is ripe, he will raise volunteers to attack the surrounding areas, and take advantage of the dangerous places to protect himself. Then Xu Tu hegemony. However, Liu Zhao, who owned the entire land of Guanzhong, was brutal and unkind, oppressed the people, raised swords and soldiers in vain, and caused fertile land and fertile land, and turned it into wilderness, and the people of Sangzi were forced into exile. The national strength is declining, how to compete with the heroes of the world? ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhongkang suddenly realized and gave Li Yanzhao a thumbs up: "Gao Zhi, Xiaoyou Gao Zhi, the old man listens to Xiaoyou's words, and he knows that this major event in the world is so reasonable." ”

After getting along these days, Liu Zhongkang's title to Li Yanzhao has long since become "little friend". However, because the two became more acquainted, the more they felt that the title of son was too raw, so they changed it. Li Yanzhao was also grateful for Liu Zhongkang's many cares on the way, and gave the jade Guanyin on his neck to Liu Zhongkang's little grandson. Liu Zhongkang saw that the jade was green and flawless, but he knew that it was not an idle thing, and he couldn't even do it, but in the end, he couldn't resist Li Yanzhao, so he accepted it and gave it to his little grandson to wear.

While the two were talking and laughing, Liu Jiwu asked when he was looking for a place to spend the night. Liu Zhongkang looked at the sun and said, "Let's find a place nearby." ”

"There is another thing about the children, there are a few elderly people who are tired of the journey, and they are not accustomed to the water and soil, and they may have fallen ill and need medical treatment urgently. But those families who are proficient in medicine have never brought medicinal herbs. The child specifically asked his father what to do about it. ”

"How much distance is left to go to Longxi County?" When Li Yanzhao heard this, he asked.

"About twenty miles." Liu Jiwu replied.

"It's better to use an ox cart to carry a few patients and quickly go to the county town to find a medical center." Li Yanzhao said to Liu Zhongkang. "The little nephew is willing to go."

Liu Zhongkang was also more relieved of Li Yanzhao's old success, so he said: "Wu'er, you go with Xiaoyou, and you hope to take care of it properly." Liu Jiwu also received the order.

Li Yanzhao got into a smaller ox cart with Liu Jiwu, and the two of them carried five sick old people and drove the ox cart straight to the county town.

Several people in the car were wrapped in cotton wool, with vegetables on their faces, and a high fever that seemed to be symptoms of typhoid fever. However, the two still did not dare to slack off, and Liu Jiwu used a whip from time to time to whip the two cows pulling the cart, hoping that they would be faster.

At this time, it is already unitary time to look at the sky, according to common sense, there is a curfew at the end of the day, and the city gate is closed. Looking at the expressions of the several old people in the car, if they were sleeping in the wilderness tonight, they would definitely not be able to open the city gate at midnight tomorrow. As the sky got darker, Liu and Li were anxious and anxious to drive the cart of cattle.

After the ox cart walked up the official road, it didn't stop, and after a long time, when the two of them saw the towering city wall at the end of the road, and the city gate that had not yet been closed, revealing the brightly lit streets inside, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The two drove the ox-cart into the city cautiously. Perhaps it was to see the two of them dressed as paupers, and the ox cart was also in tatters, and there were several sick and weak old men on the cart. The sergeant defending the city did not feel too embarrassed, Li Yanzhao asked where the city medical hall was, and a young sergeant pointed it out to him. He hurriedly thanked him, turned around and pointed it to Liu Jiwu, who was in the car. The two of them followed the path pointed out by the sergeant, turned two streets, and a large separate courtyard appeared in front of them. The big "Jishifang" on the door and the smell of herbs wafting from inside confirmed to the two that it was a medical hall.

Li Yanzhao looked at the courtyard and asked Liu Zhongkang quietly: "How much money does my husband give you, is it enough to see this disease?" ”

"Don't worry, my father gave me three thousand dollars, almost half of the family property." Liu Jiwu said with a bitter face.

It is no wonder that Li Yanzhao is worried, no matter what era it is, seeing a doctor is a big difficulty for ordinary people. Let's not mention it in later generations, in the prosperous era that Li Yanzhao can think of, if someone from an ordinary family is seriously ill, I am afraid that the whole family will also have to break their muscles and bones. Not to mention that the medical skills of doctors of various dynasties and generations are not very good, and there are even absurd records in medical books about the use of human blood steamed buns to treat tuberculosis.

Li Yanzhao instructed Liu Jiwu to take care of those patients outside the hospital, and he stepped forward to buckle the door, and immediately a small servant opened the door, and after asking Li Yanzhao's intention, he stretched out his head to look at a group of patients in the car outside, and led Li Yanzhao into the inner hall.

The two walked a few steps, only to see a table in the hall, behind the table a middle-aged man was intently weighing the piles of medicinal materials in front of him, after weighing, he carefully put the quantitative medicinal materials with oil paper wrapped in packets and stacked on the side of the table. Behind him was a large cabinet with many drawers, on which were attached a note with meticulous labeling of the names of the medicinal herbs in each drawer. It is exactly the same as the cabinet that Li Yanzhao saw in the Chinese medicine store in later generations.

After the little servant took Li Yanzhao into the hall, he retreated. Li Yanzhao saw that the middle-aged man in charge of the shopkeeper was busy, so he didn't make a sound to disturb him. After about a stick of incense, the shopkeeper finished weighing the medicinal materials in front of him and saw Li Yanzhao standing in the hall. Then he asked, "What is the matter with you?" ”

Li Yanzhao recounted the situation and said that several patients were on the ox cart outside the hospital at the moment. The shopkeeper said, "Let's go, go out and have a look." ”

The two of them came to the ox cart outside the hospital, and the shopkeeper quietly stepped forward to observe the faces of several people, and set up a few connections. After a while, he called the servants in the inner courtyard and ordered these people to be carried into the inner hall, and Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel nervous. On the side, he said eagerly: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, what kind of illness are these people?" ”

The shopkeeper looked depressed and said: "Looking at his eyes, his face is full of vegetables, he is afraid of heat and cold, his tongue is white, his pulse is irregular, and he is afraid that he is angry and angry." ”

Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel nervous, so he asked, "Is there a good way for the shopkeeper?" ”

The middle-aged shopkeeper pondered for a moment, and was about to speak, when a young girl suddenly came in outside the door. She glanced at Li Yanzhao timidly, then turned her head to the shopkeeper and called, "Daddy, are there any incurable diseases today?" ”

"Qiao'er." The shopkeeper said helplessly: "I won't call you in the future, you can't come to the hall and walk around." The girl's mouth deflated: "What Daddy said is that Qiao'er remembers." The shopkeeper took a square scarf, folded it in half into a triangle, and then put it over the girl's mouth and nose, tied it tightly behind her head, and said to her, "There are five patients in the side room, go and see their condition, and then prescribe the medicine to me." ”

The girl jumped for joy. The shopkeeper smiled and watched her go away, and then turned his head to look at Li Yanzhao, his expression had become solemn.

"It is not difficult to heal this disease, but I must tell you one thing, this disease is extremely violent, if there are many people, living and lodging together, this disease will spread ten, ten to hundred, and the end is violent. However, once healed, he will not do it again. ”

"Thank you to the shopkeeper, but it is indeed everyone on the lower side, and I ask the shopkeeper to prescribe more medicine."

The shopkeeper said that this was not difficult, and then asked Li Yanzhao for the specific number. Li Yanzhao replied that there were about two hundred people. The shopkeeper had a difficult face, and told him that there were a few medicinal herbs in stock, and they might have to be gathered tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Li Yanzhao promised again and again. So he asked about the consultation fee. The shopkeeper pinched his fingers and calculated, and said: "A pair of medicines costs ten yuan, and two hundred people need to take three doses each, which is six thousand yuan." ”

Li Yanzhao was shocked when he heard this, but his face was as usual. Suddenly, the girl jumped out, holding a piece of paper in her hand and handing it to the shopkeeper: "Daddy, look, is Qiao'er's recipe wrong or missing?" ”

The shopkeeper looked at it for a long time, and then touched the girl's head approvingly: "Yes, yes, Qiao'er's prescription is the same as that of her father." ”

After receiving the praise, the girl was full of joy, blessed Li Yanzhao, and walked out of the yard. The shopkeeper also instructed the little servant to decoct the medicine, and taking advantage of this free time, Li Yanzhao quietly explained the problem of diagnosis to Liu Jiwu. Liu Jiwu couldn't help but be surprised: "Even if it's not enough, what should I do?" ”

Li Yanzhao thought about it for a while, and then said, "Give me the three thousand money, and I'll ask the shopkeeper." Liu Jiwu did as he said.

Li Yanzhao was carrying a heavy money bag, and his heart was also heavy. He found something close to him, a zodiac transfer bead made of pure gold, weighing about two grams. There is also a braided red string strung together. It was a gift that he had prepared for his fiancée who was about to have a birthday in his previous life. It is also the only thing he has contact and memories with his previous self in this life. He pinched it and looked at it, then clenched the object in his hand tightly, and walked firmly towards the inner hall where the shopkeeper lived.

Li Yanzhao explained his intention to the shopkeeper, and frankly admitted that the money he brought with him was not enough to pay for so much consultation. Then he hurriedly handed over the transfer bead, indicating that he was willing to use it to offset part of the consultation fee.

The shopkeeper took it, looked at it carefully, and saw that it was a delicate bracelet, and a sheep's head made of pure gold fell on the carefully woven red rope, whether it was the eyes, nose, mouth, or horns, they were carved vividly.

The shopkeeper was amazed in his heart, and then he thought of something, so he responded: "This thing is worth five thousand dollars, and then another thousand dollars with me." Xiaoyou think this price is fair? ”

"Okay, thank you shopkeeper." Li Yanzhao hurriedly answered.

The two sides hit it off and went their separate ways. Li Yanzhao and Liu Jiwu found an inn in the city to stay, Li Yanzhao bought some pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other items, and returned the remaining 18,900 yuan to Liu Jiwu, Liu Jiwu was surprised and asked again and again. Li Yanzhao just smiled and didn't answer.

The shopkeeper of the medical hall called his baby daughter to the room, and gave his daughter the sheep's head transfer bead made of gold that Li Yanzhao used as the arrival fee, saying that your birthday is approaching, and your father will give this thing to you. The girl who was called Qiao'er was overjoyed when she saw it. And press without mentioning.

Early the next morning, after receiving the news that the medicinal materials would be available today, Li Yanzhao returned to the place where the team was staying, informed Liu Zhongkang of the matter, and asked him to stay for half a day and wait for the return of the medicinal materials and everyone. The elderly people who were sick took the medicine and got better.