Chapter 468: Frustrated Spirit Magpie

PS: There is one more chapter in the evening

From the end of March to the beginning of April, Xilunong's busy work came to an end, but it was facing the arrival of the rainy season, so Zhao Xiaosikou announced: "When the rain falls, the water rises." There must be no mistake in inspecting the cities and towns, urging the peasants to inspect the countryside, and organizing labor in various places to repair the embankments, dredge the ditches, and open the roads! ”

The laborers were requisitioned, and the furious repair work alarmed the spotted chickens in the mating season, which flapped their wings from the roadside and landed among the mulberry forests outside Yuncheng.

In June and July last year, when the autumn water arrived, the water was dug into a pond under the mulberry forest, and the fry that were too small in the fishing were thrown into the pond. The pond bottom is filled with fish manure and is used as fertilizer for the mulberry trees. People prepare silkworm foil, silkworm foil racks, round or square mulberry baskets, and go to the eastern suburbs to collect mulberry and raise silkworms.

From the Zong Zhou to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lu has always been an important production area of silk, in the past few years, robbers are rampant, wars have been raging, so the output of Lu in Xilu has dropped greatly. After Zhao Wuxian became the government, he once again attached importance to the matter of mulberry hemp, and the delicate and silky Lu Min was indispensable among the goods shipped to Taoqiu.

The white silkworms wriggled and devoured the green mulberry leaves, and then spun the silk into cocoons, which were distributed to the women of the city to decorate the silk, and then weighed the weight of each person's silk to test their achievements, and those who performed well were rewarded. In order to encourage the silkworms, it is said that the concubines in Xiao Sikou's residence are taking the lead in stripping off the cocoon and weaving Lu Min, and there is this example in the front, so no one dares to be lazy and lazy.

On this day, a group of coarsely dressed people. Unclothed silkworm farmers once again enter the city with baskets full of silk, and state-run weaving workshops generally buy silk from individual silkworm farmers. Then unify the textile.

But I saw an ox cart driving from north to south on the Tu Road. The car was accompanied by a flag with a red bird spreading its wings. Behind the car sat a kind old man in plain clothes and white robes: he was old and undecrepit, with a ruddy complexion, black and oily hair, tied in a flat bun, fixed with a green hosta, at first glance he looked like a young man, but the dove cane in his left hand revealed his age, and beside his right hand was a medicine box that never left his body.

"Healer, it's Lingque's healer!" Look at the flag. The white robe, this line is well known to the entire Xilu people, and the old woman who took the lead hurriedly waved her hand to let the women avoid the ridge on the side of the road.

One of the little women accidentally tripped over a rock, and suddenly fell into the rice field with a scream. She couldn't take care of herself, and desperately protected the silk in the basket, but she didn't pay attention to overwhelming a large number of green seedlings!

Her companion was startled, bent down sharply, and pulled the woman up. Seeing that the silk was not wet, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at a messy rice field at a loss.

Zhao Xiaosi is a heavy farmer, and during the growth of seedlings, if he tramples on it for no reason. But he will be severely punished by the judges! Because of this, the soldiers who went on safari no longer dared to drive directly through the fields, which was a good thing for the peasant girls. But I will also accidentally violate it, and I will inevitably be reported. Received reprimands and fines.

But when you see a car with a red bird flag coming, you can't avoid it. Because Zhao Xiaosikou is also heavily treated, and the matter of saving people is as urgent as fire, Lingque can give priority to the best road in the middle of Tu Road, vehicles and pedestrians are not allowed to compete for no reason, and violators must serve the labor of road repair.

Therefore, the silkworm girl who made the mistake was in tears, and she didn't care about the muddy water splashing on the corners of her skirt and the pain in her ankles, and she carefully bent down to lift up the overwhelmed rice seedlings one by one.

"Don't move! Sit back and don't move! ”

The old healer stopped his horse and got out of the car, and let the silkworm girl sit on the ridge, and his words were kind but irresistible. He squatted down and picked up the silkworm girl's feet, and when he looked at the ankles, everyone gasped, they were actually purple and swollen!

"It's just dislocated, don't tight."

But seeing that the old doctor showed a kind smile, but there was no ambiguity in his hand, he pulled it skillfully, pinched his iron palm, a muffled bone joint, a woman's cry of pain, everyone looked at it again, and actually went back to the joint!

The silkworm girls thanked one after another, but the little woman touched her ankles, wiped her tears, and looked worriedly at the fallen seedlings in the field.

The old man clapped his hands and stood up and comforted: "Don't be afraid, although Si Ko's law is strict, but his heart is actually as good as water, as long as I come forward to testify to the judge, saying that you are an unintentional move, at most you will be warned, and you will never be severely punished." ”

The silkworm girls were overjoyed, and the little officials of Litian did not dare to offend the doctors of Lingque, if there was an epidemic in the family in the future, they would have to rely on them to diagnose and treat it. A group of people waited for the men from the judges' office to come, and sure enough, it was exactly what the old doctor said, since it was not intentional, it was only a symbolic increase in the labor time of weaving.

After the matter was resolved, the silkworm girls thanked them for their kindness, and the old man waved at them and continued to get into the car, and the accompanying herald looked helpless.

"The old fairy is nosy, and seeing that the hour is about to pass, I have heard that Si Kou's daily schedule is extremely tight, and the interview with others is always punctual. If it is delayed, those mulberry pickers will be fine, but I will be reprimanded by the superiors......"

The healer, known as the old immortal, laughed disapprovingly: "The sun has not yet risen three poles, and it is still too late, besides, Si Kou has not waited for me, when he was in the palace of the Jin Kingdom, he served me to get out of the carriage, and he called him a master, and he was a teacher!" ”

……

The one who can say this arrogantly on Zhao Wuxian's territory is naturally Bian Que.

It is now the beginning of April, the typhoid fever and spring fever in various parts of Xilu have stopped one after another, and even Suju has ended the terrible plague, a total of more than 1,000 people have died of disease, and the family in Yizhong has worn filial piety, and there are many more graves outside the city of Suju. Everyone was saying that if it weren't for Zhao Xiaosikou's quick decision, burning the sorcerer of the lewd god, expelling Dr. Suju, and letting Lingque enter the city to diagnose and treat the isolated patients, I am afraid that there would be more deaths.

By the time Liu Xiaji came to Suju in early March, the military and political affairs of Yizhong had already been controlled by Ran Qiu, a Confucian who was quite a low-level soldier who served his orders and was respectful to his superiors, but still regarded himself as a retainer of Zhao Wuxian. He has an opinion, and he will not change his original intention because of a word from Confucius. What's more, the heart of the people has been to the Zhao family. Even if Liu Xia Ji is known for his virtue, this cannot be changed.

Therefore, Liu only had time to follow the practice of March administration next season. The inhabitants of Suju were ordered to perform rituals to expel the plague spirits, and to split the carcasses at each gate to eliminate evil. In order to remove the unhealthy qi of spring.

It was at this time that the "Lingque", which was composed of several Bian Que disciples and more than a dozen Lu disease doctors, ulcer doctors, veterinarians, and food doctors, began to evacuate in large numbers. On that day, the people of Suju spontaneously left the city for dozens of miles to send each other, and they were all in tears by Bian Que's wonderful hand rejuvenation, and the old gods and old gods kept screaming. In the end, dozens of people joined Lingque, who did not understand medical skills, but were willing to be porters and guards. More than a dozen children who lost their parents in typhoid fever became Bian Que's apprentices.

In short, through the sentence of saving the beard, Lingque not only made a reputation. The organization has also been strengthened.

The future seems to be bright, but only Bian Que is worried, he knows that Lingque's future is not optimistic.

It can be seen from the fact that he sent Ziyang to Qi to treat the epidemic across the border, but was detained instead, it can be seen that the ideal of the doctor is "there is no medicine without class", but the ravines and vigilance in the hearts of meat eaters are too deep.

This was Lingque's first frustration, the first scoop of cold water poured on the head of a healer full of ideals, and there may be a second time in the future. Third, fourth...... Maybe they will always be turned away from other countries, and even the practice of medicine in Lu can continue smoothly?

Let alone. Bian Que himself was also a little worried, Zhao Wuxian, who was also the lord of Siyi, after the news of Ziyang's incident came out, in addition to ordering them not to cross the border again. has been letting Lingque go, and only now did he invite himself back to "interview". Could he have been dissatisfied with this as well?

In March and April, the herbs on the mountain also begin to grow. Therefore, Bian Que sent his disciples to take the new joiners up the mountain and down to the field to pick medicinal herbs, and he himself came to Yuncheng, which led to today's incident.

Through today's events, Bian Que also identified a point.

Zhao Wuxian, like Zhao's Jinyang doctor Dong Anyu, is a believer in strict law!

"Only the virtuous can subdue the people with leniency, followed by fierceness. The husband is fierce, and the people are afraid of it, so he rarely dies; The water is cowardly, and the people play with it, and they are more dead! ”

Silu can do good governance, but its law will be as fierce as fire, and the people will not dare to do it!

When he stepped into the Yunchengyi Temple, Bian Que wondered if he had crossed this wide and fierce line by letting his disciples treat Qi Ren's behavior......

Alas, it is really difficult to be a doctor who simply heals diseases and saves people!

What the herald said was true, Zhao Wuxian's daily work was extremely punctual, and when Bian Que had just pushed the eaves of the meeting hall, the high crown was upright, and he had grown a faint beard, and Zhao Xiaosikou, who was a little more mature than a few months ago, was already waiting at the door.

Looking at Bian Que's clean and simple white coat, and his slow pace when he was late, Zhao Wuxian shook his head helplessly, took a few steps forward, and saluted respectfully: "What Lingzi said is true, Master, except for walking away with your clothes when you are busy saving people, you are a chronic person at other times." “

……

The old and the young have an excellent private relationship, and they are both smart people, so they entered the hall of deliberations with a smile from the door.

Bian Que talked about what happened when he said the sentence: "According to the little gentleman's suggestion, Lingque first sought to grow stronger in the early days, and anyone who is willing to join, no matter what he has done before, as long as his family background is innocent, he is not a virtuous and cunning person will accept it." Therefore, there are a lot of veterinarians, craftsmen and the like, and the personnel are mixed, but it is also easy to divide labor. ”

"There are also some people who are herb doctors in the countryside, and after distributing white coats, they were infected with countless blood stains within a few days, and they are not willing to let them clean and disinfect. It turned out that there was a rumor outside that the purpose of the Lingque Doctor wearing white clothes was to see who wore the dirtiest clothes and had the most blood: the dirty ones tried their best to save them, and the pure ones were stealing and playing tricks, which really made people cry and laugh. It is only after explaining to them that filth and fine Gu cause illness that they have relented, and there is still a long way to go to spread this among the people, and sometimes we have to rely on ghosts and gods to practice medicine and treatment......"

He listened with a smile and a smile, and it was not until he approached the case that he picked up a large stack of documents written on "public paper" from it and interrupted Bian Que's words.

"This is a recital from Master Yu's judges, and it is related to Lingque."

Bian Que stopped talking, stroked his beard and asked dryly, "Something to do with Lingque?" How could we provoke the Judges' Office, could it be that I scared a few silkworm girls to the fields and trampled on the seedlings? The gentleman's judge is really well-informed, I don't know how to punish me? ”

He laughed after speaking, but Zhao Wuxian didn't laugh, he was very serious.

"There are two subordinates in the Judges Department who are responsible for controlling the behavior of the soldiers, and they are also responsible for supervising the doctors and the public for illegal acts. They saw with their own eyes that Lingque was indeed a kind of healing, not only to help the Qi people who had crossed the border, but even to cross the border to treat Qi patients outside the border, and even to the sick and dead, and many of the medicines used were provided by the Zhao family......"

"And Ziyang, the eldest disciple of the master, went to Pingyin in person and asked Doctor Pingyin to help Lingque cure the epidemic, but he was caught in Linzi, and now he is detained by the Marquis of Qi, and he doesn't know ...... life or death."

Bian Que's laughter gradually stopped, and he was silent, there was shame on his face, and he also had worry about his disciple: "These things, the little gentleman knew about them more than a month ago, right......?"

Wuxian nodded: "I know, but I read that Lingque did not investigate on the spot for the sake of saving the people at the risk of contracting the epidemic, but only ordered not to cross the border and risk adventures." But the kid feels that some things must be explained today, otherwise the cooperation between the Zhao family and Lingque may be difficult to continue! (To be continued.) )