Taihang Mountain Range from Hebei Xishan in the north, extends to Wangwu Mountain in the south, connects to the Shanxi Plateau in the west, borders the North China Plain in the east, the mountains in the middle are dangerous, there are countless famous mountains and rivers hidden, among them, there is a mountain range into the territory of Henan in later generations, it is not far from Kaifeng City, and in this mountain range, there is a hill with an altitude that is not very high, called Yunmeng Mountain, also called Qingyan Mountain, although the mountain is not high, but the peaks and peaks are stacked, the clouds are steaming and the clouds are steaming, the spring water is murmuring, the weather is thousands, the first strange man Guiguzi of the Warring States period lived in seclusion here, Yunmeng Mountain became famous because of this, and there have been many hermits living in seclusion from the Warring States period to the Great Song Dynasty.

In Yunmeng Mountain, there is a short valley hidden, every spring and summer, the grass and trees in the valley are luxuriant, the cicadas are singing and butterflies are dancing, the mountain springs and waterfalls are splashing, and so on in the cold winter season, the trees in the valley are covered with frost and snow, and the waterfall is also frozen into ice streams, which looks crystal clear, especially like a fairyland on earth. This is the ghost valley where Guiguzi Wang Chan lived in seclusion, because the valley is about five miles long, so it is also called Wuli Ghost Valley, and the tomb of Guiguzi's disciple Sun Bin is also in this valley.

At that time, Guiguzi was a scholar of heaven and man, especially the art of war and the art of vertical and horizontal were the first in the Warring States, among the disciples Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Pang Juan, and Sun Bin were all outstanding people who could turn the situation in the world around, in addition to these four people, it is said that Guiguzi also had a lot of disciples, each of whom was a handsome man for a while, but time flies, time flies, more than a thousand years have passed, and the people of the year have turned into dry bones.

There is a waterfall in the middle of the five-mile ghost valley, usually the water flows down from the cliff, splashing thousands of water droplets, and when the sun shines directly, you can even see a rainbow in the middle of the waterfall, but it is already the middle of winter. The waterfall had already been frozen into an icefall, and on a platform in the middle of the icefall, a middle-aged Taoist in a gray robe was meditating there. The cold wind on the cliff made the corners of the clothes on the Taoist people flutter. But his form is as immobile as a mountain.

The Taoist on the icefall has been meditating since dawn, until the sun rises in the early morning, when the first rays of sunlight in the valley shine on him, I saw that this Taoist suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, the whistling shook the valley, startling some wild beasts scattered and fled, and at the same time, the hot air in the mouth shot out three feet like a sharp arrow, and it condensed for a long time. If an ordinary person sees this scene, I am afraid that they will immediately kneel down and shout "immortal".

"Hahaha~, I haven't seen you for a few years, Brother Cao, your Inner Dan cultivation has become more profound, maybe you can really soar in the day like the legend!" At this moment, I suddenly saw a sturdy old man walking from the mouth of the valley, with a white beard and a ruddy complexion, and he looked quite fairy-like, but he was wearing a round-necked Liao costume, and his appearance was also a little different from that of the Central Plains. It doesn't look like it's Han Chinese.

"I heard someone enter the valley just now, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Zhilu, I don't know what kind of fragrant wind actually blew you to me?" When this middle-aged Taoist saw the old man of the Liao people who came in. At the moment, he also laughed.

This middle-aged Taoist surnamed Cao Mingtong, that is, Cao Ying's grandfather Cao Guo's uncle, the people of the Great Song Dynasty call him an old immortal, but in fact, Cao Tong's age is not particularly old, he is only forty-seven years old this year, plus he practices Taoism's Neidan Dao, and usually pays the most attention to health preservation, so he is still Su Rumo's skin shiny, and even some people believe that he is only thirty years old. And the old man who had just entered the valley. It was Zhilugu, the divine doctor of the Liao Kingdom who saved Zhang Renxian's life before.

Hearing Cao Tong ask about the reason for his coming, Zhilugu's face changed. Immediately said to Cao Tong in a deep voice: "Brother Cao, this time I came to Da Song to ask for guilt." If your Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty does not give me an explanation and guarantee, then I dare not guarantee that the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty will maintain the current peaceful situation! ”

Hearing Zhilugu say so strictly, Cao Tong was also stunned, and jumped down lightly from the ice waterfall of more than one zhang at the moment, although the Neidan Dao he practiced could not swallow clouds and spit out fog and turn stones into gold like in the legend, but it could make people physically strong and full of vitality, plus Cao Tong was born in Jiangmen, and he also practiced martial arts since he was a child, so Cao Tong's skills are also extremely extraordinary, otherwise he would not live in seclusion in the valley alone, after all, there are many tigers and beasts in Yunmeng Mountain, if you don't know how to protect yourself, I'm afraid it won't take a few days to be eaten by the beasts.

"Brother Zhilu, let's go into the house and talk again!" Cao Tong stretched out his hand and pointed to a thatched house in the valley, although he was born noble, but he was dedicated to the Tao, many years ago he came to Yunmeng Mountain to live in seclusion, this thatched house in the ghost valley was also built by him, but the usual diet still needs to be sent by someone, although he is known as a god, but in fact he is also a mortal who eats grains.

When the two entered the room, Cao Tong picked up the tea that had been boiled from the stove, and then poured a cup for Zhilugu, and then spoke: "Brother Zhilugu, haven't you always disliked participating in the government of Liao, and you have never wanted the two countries to go to war, why did you use this matter to threaten my Great Song Dynasty this time?" ”

"Threat?" Hearing Cao Yan's words, Zhilugu angrily slammed the teacup on the table again and said, "This time it's not that my Da Liao threatens your Great Song, but that your Great Song Dynasty deceives people too much, if I hadn't concealed it, I'm afraid the two countries would have already met each other!" ”

"How...... What's going on, my Great Song Dynasty has always been respectful to the Liao State, how can I deceive people too much? Cao Tong still asked in disbelief, but he also knew that although Zhilugu was a Liao, he was a compassionate character, and what he hated most was war, but now he was angry like this, and it didn't look like a lie.

Zhilugu also knew that although Cao Tong was the uncle of the Great Song Dynasty, he had always ignored the affairs of the court, just now he just thought of that incident and couldn't help but be angry, but now after calming down, he also sighed and said: "Brother Cao, don't blame, I was too excited just now, but this matter is still too much for your Great Song." ”

Speaking of this, Zhilugu sighed again before he spoke: "A few months ago, I returned to Liao after my travels, and I happened to meet Zhang Renxian, the son of Zhang Xiaojie, the prime minister of the Northern Courtyard, who was seriously ill, and countless famous doctors were helpless, so I went to take a look, and now he actually has a deflated bite disease, which is commonly known as mad rabies. ”

When Cao Tong heard this, the doubts on his face were even heavier, and he asked very puzzled: "I have also heard of Zhang Xiaojie, but what does it matter to our Da Song that his son has mad rabies?" ”

"Hmph, why is it not about your Da Song business, you and I both know that the illness time of mad bies is generally between one month and three months, and before Zhang Renxian fell ill, he happened to be an envoy to Da Song, and if you calculate the time, he contracted rabies in Da Song!" Zhilugu said angrily again, the reason why he was so angry was not because Da Song was plotting against Zhang Renxian, and even if Da Song directly killed Zhang Renxian, he wouldn't care, but now Da Song actually used the incurable mad bies as a means of plotting, this method is too despicable, and if it is spread out, I don't know how many people will suffer because of it, which is definitely an unbearable thing for a doctor.

"But even if Zhang Renxian contracted rabies in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it can't be said that our Great Song Dynasty plotted against him, after all, there are many ways to transmit rabies, maybe he was accidentally bitten by some animal, so he got this disease." Cao Tong still didn't believe that the Great Song Dynasty would plot against the envoys of the Liao State, after all, the Great Song Dynasty had always been worried about the Liao State going south, and he was usually quite tolerant of the Liao State, how could he use such a cruel method to plot against the Liao State envoys?

"Of course I have evidence, first Zhang Renxian is very strange about rabies, I have checked his whole body, there are no bites and scratches at all, according to the rest of the mission, they have lived in the post station of the Song Kingdom all the way, and they have not gone out hunting at all, and the most important point is ...... Hmmm......"

At the end, Zhilugu suddenly became a little hesitant, as if he was a little embarrassed to say. And Cao Tong asked at this time: "Brother Zhilu, what is the other most important point?" ”

"Alas, although this matter is confidential, it is estimated that you will know it when you return to the Great Song Dynasty." Zhilugu stomped his feet at this time, and said with some annoyance, "The Zhang Renxian who was plotted is not a good thing, according to the news I heard, Zhang Renxian was on the envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, and he didn't know why, he actually sent someone to burn down a corner of the Great Song Palace, but when he returned to Liao, he suddenly fell ill, so I definitely have reason to believe that it must be your Great Song Dynasty secretly doing it!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Yan finally understood the process of the whole thing, but he was also a little annoyed at this time: "Brother Zhilu, this is your mistake, it is obvious that Zhang Renxian burned down the palace of our Great Song Dynasty first, even if our Great Song secretly retaliated, then he deserved it, how can you blame our Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"I'm not blaming you Da Song for taking revenge on Zhang Renxian, but you Da Song shouldn't use rabies to retaliate against others, you must know that after contracting rabies, most people don't have any abnormal appearance at first, and they won't get sick until a month later, and once the disease is incurable, even if it is you and me, we can only barely save each other's lives, but it will leave the sequelae of Yan zhòng, if this method spreads, I don't know how many people will die under this assassination method?" Zhilugu said with a sad face.

Medical skills are used to save people rather than kill people, the reason why Zhilugu concealed Zhang Renxian's true illness at the beginning, the first was that he was worried that the Song and Liao countries would go to war because of this, and second, he was also worried about spreading this method of killing people with rabies.

Cao Yan's face sank when he heard this, and at the same time he understood the reason why Zhilugu came to find him, and after pondering for a while, he finally raised his head and said: "Okay, I'll accompany you to the capital, no matter what, I can't let Da Song kill people in this way!" (To be continued)

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