—177 A.D.——

Xiping five years, Si Li plague, the disease is mainly chickenpox, and there are typhoid fever, tuberculosis, head wind, for a while Luoyang inside and outside is full of coughing and sneezing sounds, and because these plagues are easy to infect, difficult to cure, and easy to leave scars and sequelae after healing, so although there has not yet been a deceased, but the Emperor Ling is still frightened, ordered to blockade Luoyang, allowed to enter and not to go out, and at the same time prohibits more than three people to go together, and from all over the country to recruit doctors to come for treatment.

Therefore, when Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan walked on the streets of Luoyang Xishi, they could hardly see pedestrians, only soldiers on official duty came and went in a hurry, and occasionally soldiers noticed these two people who looked like Gongzi and brother, and they ignored or accosted them.

"This is because of the lack of knowledge," Liu Bei shook his head: "At present, all the diagnosed diseases are 'contact infection', and if there is no onset, it will not infect others, so there should not be such a big movement." ”

"But 'that one' is afraid," Gongsun Chan raised his chin towards the palace, "It is said that anyone in there who dares to cough will be immediately put in a bag and carried away." ”

"It's really ......" Liu Bei sighed: "Brother Bogui, if those alien races in Liaodong suffer from the plague, how will they generally deal with it?" ”

"Set it on fire, sprinkle it with lime, and bury it deeply."

“……”

"I'm talking about livestock." Gongsun Chan added solemnly.

"I didn't understand anything else," Liu Bei changed the subject: "The teacher's literature only has records such as 'a certain year and a certain month, a certain place of plague, and a number of dead', but there are almost no ways to deal with it, which is not helpful to the current situation." ”

"No, the records you found are very helpful, at least they hadn't thought of them." Gongsun Chan stopped and looked at a shop in the distance.

It was supposed to be a cloth village, but at the moment it looks more like a dyeing workshop, and there are many bronze tripods on the fire, among which boiling water is churning, and cloth and other small daily objects are boiling, and the servants and servants who transport these cloths to and fro cover their heads and faces with yellow linen face towels, and these face towels seem to be some of them are also boiling in the big ding, and occasionally someone sees Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan in the distance, and will nod their heads.

As the two disciples who assisted the great sage Lu Zhi in proposing the "gas face towel" and the "boiling water disinfection method", they had a very high status in the hearts of these servants and soldiers who needed to enter and leave the patient's residence, and although they were quite busy, they at least avoided the tragic situation of being quarantined after being infected.

It helps, that's of course, after finding out the coping method of "thick cloth covering the face and boiling utensils" from the history books, most of the people who knew about it expressed their goodwill to Liu Bei, and the warm current could not be faked, and the reason why it was said was "most", because that small part thought that this was Lu Zhi's special move to make a name for the students, and the "disinfection method" was actually discovered by the sage himself.

"It's just a prevention for the healthy, and it still doesn't help the sick people in any way." Liu Bei signaled to the other side, but did not approach, otherwise he would definitely be stopped by the soldiers who prevented the spread of the plague, after all, no matter how effective this method was, those servants were still a dangerous group that had been in close contact with the patients.

"Do you still want to treat those doctors? Xuande, you have to remember that you are just a scholar who has not yet been crowned, and you are not as good as Zhang Ji, Dong Feng and Hua Tuo in terms of curing diseases and saving people. Gongsun Chan said.

"Brother Bo Gui," Liu Bei turned his head to look at Gongsun Zhan, "Please name any of the doctors who are currently gathered in Luoyang." ”

"Hmm, Ge Xuan? Uh, that ...... It's time for us to go. Gongsun Chan looked left and right about it.

Ge Xuan is an alchemist, Wushisan was invented by him, and it is said that after being offered by the ten permanent servants, he was rewarded by the emperor for this, but at present, because the refined pill is ineffective against the plague, he temporarily lost the emperor's heart and disappeared.

"The so-called rumor that 'the three famous doctors have gathered in Luoyang, and the plague can be extinguished in a blink of an eye', even if you listen to it, these plagues with clear treatment and recovery time can be cured instantly without medical skills." Liu Bei finally said.

"Haha, of course I do." Gongsun Chan humbly accepted.

Soon after the outbreak of the plague, in addition to Dong Feng, who was originally born in a family of imperial doctors, Hua Tuo of Qiaoxian County, who had become famous for a long time, and Zhang Zhongjing, who had recently become famous, were recruited to Luoyang, and all of them were crowned with the false position of "Taifu", which was called the "Three Great Divine Doctors".

In addition, because the "Fu Shui" of Taiping Dao can only treat injuries, not diseases, after the outbreak of this plague, the reputation has dropped a lot, although Taiping Dao has long claimed that "Fu Shui" can only cure the injury of "leaving it alone", but it is still questioned by many people, and the influence has almost completely withdrawn from Si Li, which seems to have ten permanent servants secretly fueling the troubles, and I don't know what to do.

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"It's here," Liu Bei put aside his mind for the time being, stopped and began to knock on the door of a blacksmith shop, and at the same time put a smile on his face: "Brother Zhang? Brother Su? Xuande came to visit. ”

This is naturally the shop of the blacksmith Zhang Shiping, after he ran away in a bad mood and was persuaded by Liu Bei to come back, he found that many old blacksmiths had been forced to leave Luoyang, and even if the rest of the people were all gathered, it was not enough to compete with the half-hung blacksmith who occupied the market share with inferior products, and then, before he and his friend Su Shuang could figure out a way, the plague suddenly broke out, and no one wanted to drive anyone away.

After this incident, Zhang Shiping had a feeling, and planned to use the treasured ore to fight a weapon for Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, and then go directly to Youzhou with Su Shuang to sell horses, and Gongsun Zhan said that he had a family to provide high-quality weapons, and was willing to merge his share to Liu Bei, Liu Bei couldn't refuse, so he proposed to build a pair of double-strand swords.

"Xuande, you came just in time, the double swords have been completed, if you don't come today, I will go to find you!" After opening the door and welcoming Liu Bei into the house, Zhang Shiping seemed to be quite excited, and even changed his usual title to Liu Bei "Liu Xiaogongzi".

"I don't think Brother Zhang will let me down," Liu Bei looked around the blacksmith shop and almost immediately found the sand mold soaked in the sink: "I wonder if it has been cooled down?" ”

Liu Bei has not had a distinction between dominant hands since he was a child, and his left and right hands are as flexible, so he also tends to choose weapons with double soldiers, and after the bulky weapons such as double knives, double copper hammers, double axes, double hooks, and double halberds are excluded, only double swords are left to meet his requirements, and they cannot be short swords similar to daggers.

So, taking advantage of the outbreak of the plague and martial law in the whole city, Zhang Shiping spent a lot of time to build these two swords.

"It should have been formed a long time ago, but I think they also hope that Xuande will be the first to see them," Zhang Shiping rubbed his hands a little excitedly: "Go, Xuande, meet your partner who lives and dies together." ”

"I don't remember any of the plagues that affected the head......" Gongsun Chan looked up at the roof in embarrassment.

Although Liu Bei was plain and steady, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy after all, and he couldn't help but be a little excited at the thought of having a pair of double swords made for himself waiting there quietly, he walked over and picked up the heavy mold from the sink and laid it flat on the table, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly opened it.

Hum - Zheng -

With the sound of swords one after the other, the blacksmith shop was first as dark as late at night, and then as bright as noon, and after Liu Bei struggled to recover the flashed eyes, he saw that in the mold, there were two straight swords, one black and one white, placed side by side.

Liu Bei's eyes were first attracted by the white sword, it was slender and light, the silver sharp blade was faintly transparent, and the hilt was as pure as jade, making Liu Bei subconsciously want to shrink his hand back.

Then, Liu Bei noticed the black sword, its color was extremely thick black, even if there was a dazzling white sword on the side, there was no reflection at all, like a black jade that could absorb all the light, after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't even look away.

"They are made of the Xuanmagnetic meteorite that I have treasured for many years and the ice crystals outside the sky that fell in Bingzhou last year," Seeing that Liu Bei could see the gods, Zhang Shiping also began to introduce with honor, "When I first started building, I didn't want to make them into such a beautiful appearance, after all, they are weapons and are meant to go to the battlefield, but after I started to build them, I found that if they were made into anything other than their current appearance, it would be a violent and unforgivable act, and they should be born like this." ”

"Hmm." Liu Bei listened attentively, and at the same time reached out and held them separately, such a powerful weapon, if ......

Whew-

There was a wind blowing, and the blacksmith didn't feel it yet, but Gongsun Zhan, who had seen the border army fighting on the border of Youzhou, couldn't help but squint his eyes, it was a kind of killing intent that could be felt even if it wasn't aimed at himself, like a real killing intent, looking at the direction of the wind...... Palace? Ten permanent attendants? It's not surprising, but if it's another target, then this little junior brother is not simple.

"Brother Zhang, did you name them?" As soon as the gust of wind stopped, Liu Bei turned around with two exquisite long swords, and asked with a smile that barely changed on his face.

"Well......" Zhang Shiping frowned: "Although I felt the black and white in the world to forge them, but if I was asked to give a name that suited the situation, it would be too difficult for a mere blacksmith, so let's call it Xuande." ”

"In this way, you're welcome," Liu Bei nodded slightly, raised his two swords in front of him, and said: "We are in the dark, but our hearts are towards the light, and the purpose of explaining this darkness is to expel them one day." ”

Ah, as expected, Gongsun Chan thought that the little junior brother was such a person, and he would do great things one day.

"So, I'll name them separately-" Liu Bei looked at the black and white swords, and said in a deep voice: "[Interpretation] and [Chasing Darkness]." ”