As soon as the old doctor asked this, the doctors who had just entered the room were all looking at me and I looking at you, and no one wanted to be the first to speak. In the eyes of the old doctor, I wonder what kind of terrible torture they have suffered. But why can't you see it on the surface? Could it be a palace punishment? It was the punishment that Ma Qian of Taishi Company received that year, and he was castrated.

This punishment is too heavy, no wonder they are all depressed, and I can't stand it. Although now that buddy is older, he doesn't need that thing anymore, but after all, it has fought, it has been brilliant, and it is also our signature thing as a man.

While the old doctor was thinking wildly, a younger doctor sighed and said, "Alas! In fact, there is nothing that can't be said, they cut our hair, cut it one by one, don't say it, just keep cutting, cut off a total of seven of my hairs before and after, or the kind that cuts it from the roots! ”

An older doctor immediately said, "You've only cut off seven, so what's that?" They cut off more than a dozen of them! ”

The old doctor looked at these indignant people, and his mouth opened wide: "Huh? Cut your hair! This punishment is too"

This punishment doesn't hurt, it really doesn't hurt. But the body is hairy and skinned, and the parents are received, who dares to cut off what is given by the parents? The profession of barber was also after the Qing Dynasty, everyone needed to shave off the hair on the forehead, which came into being, before the Qing Dynasty, where was there a barber? In this time and space, everyone has never cut their hair for the rest of their lives, and it is written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that when Wei General Xiahoudun was fighting, someone shot off an eyeball, and he put it in his mouth and ate it, let alone cut his hair.

So. This punishment is not painful, but it is very effective. If you don't show a little "sincerity" and make them think that you are really not a spy, then you will continue to cut it like this until you are completely "shaved", and you are a monk, no hair, how can you go out with a face.

Zhou Xiaocao waved at them and said, "Everyone. Offended! ”

But obviously, these people were very uninterested in his attitude of apologizing afterwards, and they didn't say a word. Zhou Xiaocao said: "That, in fact, I have long known that you can't be spies. Otherwise, these wounded are treated by everyone. One person only healed that part, and now all of them have worsened wounds. It can't all be spies, right? So. The problem must be something else. In order to find out the truth, in order to make these soldiers of the forbidden army who went into battle to kill the enemy and defend the people of Xingyang suffer less, General Ben had to make this decision, in order to find some clues. But the reality is very helpless, even if you are insulted, you have not been able to find any valuable information. But there are still benefits. That is, you are all good doctors in Xingyang, and you are masters who hang pots to help the world. For this reason, the general decided to give each person a compensation of thirty taels of silver. Issued immediately. ”

Hearing that there was money to take, the faces of these doctors improved. Damn, seven hairs were sold for thirty taels of silver, and they were worth it!

These doctors happily received the money and continued to discuss how to further treatment, while Zhou Xiaocao and the others sat together with sad faces.

Wang Rui said: "General, now that there is no problem with the doctors of Zhilu Dao, what should we do next?" ”

Zhou Xiaocao groaned: "There is no problem with the doctors, that is, there is a problem with the medicine!" ”

"Medicine? What can be wrong with medicine? ”

Zhou Xiaocao said: "Good medicine can cure diseases, and bad medicine can naturally kill you." For example, arsenic can save lives if used well, and can kill people when used badly. There must be something wrong with these medicinal materials, check it out for me! Tell all the doctors to come over and check it out! ”

The doctors were invited over again with trepidation, but when they heard that they were only asked to check the quality of the medicinal materials, this was their old profession, and they were the best at it, so they placed some medicinal materials in front of them and began to carefully inspect them. In order to be able to inspect them more thoroughly, Zhou Xiaocao let them all take the medicinal materials outside to the sun, in principle, they did not let go of any clues.

After checking for a long time, all the doctors scratched their heads: "There is nothing wrong with this medicinal material." ”

"Yes, yes! These medicinal materials are all good medicinal materials, and the year is enough, so there should be no problem. ”

Hearing the doctors say this, Zhou Xiaocao's eyes became solemn. Is there really no problem with medicinal herbs? So what's the problem? Is it really like those rumors and legends, it is "damned"? Such absurd and uninhibited talk, Zhou Xiaocao would not believe it if he was killed. But the problem is that when you can't find the real cause, ignorant people blame it on the gods. As said in "Journey to the West", a Taishou was punished by the Jade Emperor for disrespecting the sky, which resulted in no rain here for three years, and the people were about to die. Who would believe such a thing? The Jade Emperor hated him, and he condemned him, so why bother to let those innocent people suffer? Is this the generosity that a god should have? But the real reason for the three years of no rain could be found, and this nonsense qualified to be popular.

The doctors were "buzzing" about it, and even they thought it was incredible. Zhou Xiaocao couldn't sit still, stood up, walked to the doctor closest to him, and watched him carefully inspect the medicinal materials in front of him one by one.

Zhou Xiaocao was also in a hurry there, for these Chinese medicinal materials, he was a real layman, it was a rolling pin blowing fire, he didn't know anything, if he wanted to help, he had to be able to help.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Xiaocao asked, "What aspect of these medicinal materials do you mainly look at?" ”

When the doctor heard this, the general asked about his own industry, and immediately explained with a red face: "General, the quality of this medicinal material mainly depends on five aspects, which we usually call the 'five methods'. The so-called five methods are to look, touch, taste, smell, and test. At a glance, it is divided into looking at the skin, looking at the color, looking at the section, looking at the shape, looking at the thickness and so on; The second touch refers to touching the softness and hardness of the herb with your hands, whether it is loose or dense, smooth or sticky, delicate or rough; The three tastes and four smells are to taste with the mouth and smell with the nose, and the experienced master can identify the quality of the medicinal materials just by smelling through the nose; The five tests are divided into two kinds: water test and fire test, and some medicinal materials will have specific situations when they see water and fire, which can be used as the basis for judging the true and false medicinal materials. ”

Zhou Xiaocao sincerely admired: "You are so talented! You can figure out such a complicated thing, it seems that you really have a specialization in the art industry, and you are a champion in the industry. ”

When the doctor heard the general praise him, he also nodded with satisfaction, expressing his complacent knowledge about his profound knowledge. Then, he picked up something similar to rock candy in front of him and said, "For example, this is borneol, which tastes bitter and pungent, slightly hot, and clears poison, and is an excellent medicine for treating external injuries. To distinguish this medicine, the main thing is to smell and taste, and the unique taste of borneol is not possessed by other medicinal materials. Moreover, this thing can also be added to ink ingots to improve the odor of ink ingots. ”

Zhou Xiaocao took it and smelled it, there was indeed a slightly bitter and sweet taste, mixed with a fragrance, it was indeed like the smell of ink. Originally, I thought that the slightest hint of aroma in the ink was the so-called "ink fragrance", but it turned out that the ancients had already known how to add spices to it. In fact, what Zhou Xiaocao didn't know was that there were musk and other spices in the ink ingot. Of course, the better the color and the more expensive the price, the more precious and smelly the spices added to it.

In the face of the sun, this thing is not crystal clear, but it looks pleasing to the eye. Suddenly, Zhou Xiaocao asked, "Huh?" What's that black spot on this? ”

The doctor took it and looked at it, and said in surprise: "There really is!" I'll take a closer look! ”

After looking at it for a while, he said, "These should be the poor storage of medicinal materials and dirty things." ”

Zhou Xiaocao's eyes widened, and he said, "Dirty things? If this is stained with mud and sewage, will it not infect people with suppuration? Take a closer look at other medicinal materials, is there such a problem! ”

When those doctors heard this, they also looked carefully at the medicinal materials in front of them. After a while, the voices rose one after another: "General, I also found something dirty!" ”

"I also discovered, wow, how is there sand hidden in this fold?"

Zhou Xiaocao grabbed a handful of medicinal herbs in front of him, threw them on the ground, and asked, "Are these medicinal herbs all bought at the same pharmacy?" (To be continued......)