In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a great drought in the Guannai, and the locusts were flooded, sweeping through the Central Plains, causing people to be displaced all over the country, and even changing their children to eat, casting a cloud on the Tang Dynasty, which had just been established. And rumors spread among the people, some said that Li Shimin killed his brother and usurped the throne, which angered the heavens, so he sent a drought to be born, so that the Guannai was thousands of miles away.

Some people also say that in troubled times, there must be demons, and this disaster is all done by locusts and demon gods, indicating that the Tang Dynasty will die like the Qin Dynasty.

Some people are stupid, some people are bad, and some people have ulterior motives.

As for how the people live under the chaos, who cares?

"It is said that a doctor helps the world, but after truly becoming a doctor, the more advanced his medical skills, the more he can feel that studying medicine cannot save the world!" After the old Taoist priest boiled a large pot of soup and medicine for the villagers, he hurried to another village to continue boiling the medicine without waiting for the medicine to be cured, and even did not collect the money for the consultation.

He is no longer young, but he is running around and working hard, desperately trying to save people.

Not for fame, not for profit, not for anything.

Just because of one thing, that is, knowing that under the drought, there are already some signs of plague, and it is really impossible to feel at ease if you don't suppress it.

Since ancient times, the impact of natural disasters on people is not only the disaster itself, but also the things that accompany natural disasters, such as the locusts that are now ravaging the Central Plains, are far more difficult than the drought itself. And because of the famine caused by the locust infestation, there are people everywhere who expose their corpses to the wilderness, so that the plague breeds, and it looks like it is about to give the already crumbling Tang Dynasty another hammer.

At that time, once the disaster worsens and is so serious that the imperial court can't bear it, it will be even more difficult to rescue the disaster than to ascend to the sky!

Therefore, even if he is eighty years old, Sun Simiao can't sit idly by, he wants to contribute his own strength to the world, whether it is useful or not, he must do it first.

"Perhaps, I should have accepted the canonization last year, so that I could do more under such a severe disaster." As he hurried, the old man muttered to himself, "No matter how bad it is, you should also recruit more disciples and pass on your own medical skills." Otherwise, with one's own strength, no matter how high the medical skills are, how many people can be saved? ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Daoists don't need to blame themselves, although a person's strength is insignificant, if everyone contributes their own strength, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome." Li He's voice rang out.

Just now, when he came to this world, he suddenly heard the old Taoist priest say, "Studying medicine can't save the world", and thought that he had seen Lu Xun.

But it soon turned out that it was not Lu Xun, but a person who discovered the limited ability of doctors like Lu Xun: Lu Xun was in the process of studying medicine, and found that medical skills could not save China, so he abandoned medicine and became a sharp sword in the literary world, cutting through obstacles and guiding the way forward for the confused 40,000,000 Chinese compatriots.

And this old Taoist priest is at the pinnacle of medical skills, but he finds that in the face of natural disasters, he is still powerless.

Different people, different eras, and different encounters have come to the same conclusion: studying medicine can't save your family and country!

This old Taoist priest is none other than Sun Simiao, known as the "King of Medicine" in history, a medical Taoist who has extremely high attainments in medical skills and can be compared with Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, Li Shizhen and others.

"The truth is old and old, but this earthly demon is raging, and there are too many disasters and difficulties!" Sun Simiao shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Li He couldn't help but become interested, and asked, "What are the demons in this world?" ”

Although Sun Simiao is a Taoist priest and is eighty years old, he does not have any cultivation. To be precise, cultivation is all about doing good deeds and accumulating virtue in his life, as well as medical attainments, and he is not good at mana. Therefore, it stands to reason that he should not be very clear about the affairs of demons.

But obviously, he knows a lot about demons.

There are two possibilities, one is that although he doesn't cultivate mana, he knows a lot of things in the cultivation world, just like Zhou Zhou Xian, and the other is a mortal in this world, who is no stranger to demons.

The former is okay to say, if the latter, this world is afraid to be true, and some of it is too calamitous and difficult.

Judging from the world level, the demons in this world will not be little demons.

"There's more, and I can't count them clearly." Sun Simiao said: "There are 'drought fish' of zombies and demons in the land of Guannei, and there are also 'nine-headed golden eagles' in the Western Regions, as well as spider spirits, white bone spirits, and the 'locust demon god' that is now ravaging the Central Plains, plus the pig demon of Gaojiazhuang and the fish demon of the quicksand river...... There are too many, even the gods and Buddhas can't control it! ”

When Li He heard this, he secretly wrote down these big demons.

That's all merit that will go.

"Lao Dao has lived a long life, looking back on the past, there should be no regrets, but recently I suddenly regretted that I didn't choose to practice martial arts and learn the law, but chose to practice medicine." Sun Simiao sighed, and said: "Otherwise, the demons are in trouble, even if they can't level the world, they can also kill the demons, and they won't be like now, so they can only use their own medical skills to cook a few pots of decoction that treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and remove a trivial plague." ”

In this regard, Li He shook his head and said: "There is a specialization in art, you don't think you have done anything, but in fact, you have done a lot!" ”

There was a great drought in the second year of Zhenguan, and there was a great drought in the third year of Zhenguan, and the locusts were overflowing, but there was no large-scale plague.

In other worlds, Li He didn't know why, but here, it was Sun Simiao who suppressed the plague and kept the virus from spreading, and he didn't really do anything as he said.

"But it's not enough." Sun Simiao shook his head and said, "It can be seen that you are not studying medicine, nor are you learning Yishu, but you are learning Taoist orthodox Xuanmen spells, and your martial arts foundation is not bad." This time out of the mountain, I should want to enter the WTO to practice and train myself, right? ”

When Li He heard this, he nodded and said, "Almost." ”

The Taoist priest going down the mountain is an experience, and he shuttles through the heavens and all worlds, which is also an experience, and it is no different in nature.

"How about doing the old man a favor?" Sun Simiao said suddenly.

"Do what?" Li He asked.

"Kill the locust demon and pacify the locust plague!" Sun Simiao said: "The old Taoist doesn't let you do it in vain, you can write a letter of recommendation to Li Shimin, the king of Tang, to protect you from being a high-ranking official and enjoy the prosperity of the world." Don't be busy refusing, you young people must enter the world first before you can be born, if you don't enjoy the glory and wealth first, how can you understand the bitterness and joy of the red dust and find the real leisure? ”

In this regard, Li He couldn't help but laugh and smiled brightly.

Glory and wealth, red dust and bitterness?

He has experienced a lot of these things, he has been the Great Wei National Teacher and the Great Qin National Teacher, what kind of wine and delicacies, gold and silver treasures have not had? What kind of woman is not at your fingertips? Pointing the country and the king side by side, what power has not been held?

In the world of Condor Archery, his words can even determine the rise and fall of a dynasty and the life and death of an emperor.

It's all glory and wealth, and he really doesn't care.

However, since it is the Zhenguan period, if you want to seek merit and luck, you really can't get around Li Shimin.

"Okay, I promise you." Li He said.

Then, Sun Simiao continued to run around, cooking medicine in a village, and he came to Chang'an City with a letter of recommendation.

Chang'an, since ancient times has been synonymous with prosperity, the four dynasties of Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, all took this place as the capital, and the road was prosperous and prosperous. It's just that at this time, Chang'an City was dead silent, and the displaced people outside the city gathered, but they were isolated by a tall city wall, only one step away from the prosperity, but they couldn't step in.

And in the city, the people are also frightened, confused, and full of death.

If he didn't really come here, Li He couldn't imagine that the legendary "Zhenguan Shengshi" would be like this.

Of course, this is not objective.

The real Zhenguan prosperous era is the middle and late stages of Zhenguan, not the current two years of Zhenguan, and the turbulent period of continuous natural disasters.

But no matter what, at this time, the Tang Dynasty was stormy, and there was no doubt that it might fall at any time.

At this time, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was far from being as stable as he was later.

"Clearance paperwork." The soldiers defending the city stopped Li He and said.

In this regard, Li He took out a letter of recommendation and said: "No, the poor Dao is a person who cultivates on the mountain, has no household registration, no customs clearance documents, only a letter of recommendation from a Taoist friend, I don't know if it can be used as a customs clearance document?" The Taoist friend's name is Sun Simiao, and the letter of recommendation is addressed to His Majesty. ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldier immediately showed a solemn look.

After reading the letter of recommendation with both hands, he frowned and said: "This, where the responsibility lies, there is no customs clearance document, and it cannot be released." But Dao Chief, you are recommended by Sun Lao Immortal to help Your Majesty get rid of demons, and it is said that you should take you to see Your Majesty immediately. But the soldiers guarding the city have a great duty and must not leave their posts without permission, can the Taoist Commander wait a moment and lead you to your majesty after we have made a report? ”

Hearing this, Li He nodded and said, "It's okay, it's poor and so on." ”

I have to say that the soldiers defending the city of Datang are neither humble nor arrogant, and abide by their duties, but they are humane, which is very unusual.

After going through so many worlds, he has only seen this kind of soldier in two places, Datang and Daqin.

In other places, whether it is Cao Cao's soldiers or Liu Bei's soldiers, the quality is relatively poor. The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty can't be seen, they are just a group of bullies, not as good as Chen Haonan and Pheasant, compared with Liangkun, they have the same effect.

At this time, outside the city, there was a general who was giving porridge to the people, doing it himself, not doing much, but calming the people's hearts.

At least, because the displaced people did not riot, and the soldiers did not because of him, they would not be like ordinary people, only panicked and confused in the face of the disaster.

In general, the common people are a little panicked, and rumors are spreading all over the world, but the imperial court is monolithic, operating to the maximum extent, coping with all this, so that no matter how dangerous the disaster is, sooner or later it will be turned into a disaster.

"Magical soldiers, magical generals, magical dynasties!" Li He couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, the general outside the city came over and said, "This Dao Chief, are you really recommended by Old Immortal Sun to help His Majesty get rid of the locust demon?" ”

"Hmm." Li He nodded.

"Legend has it that the locust demon god was sent down by God to punish the Tang Dynasty, and you are not afraid of going against the sky and being punished by God?" The general said again.

"It's just a rumor, the person who says this is either stupid or has ulterior motives, Poor Dao suggests that the general catch him and put him in prison!" Li He smiled slightly, and said: "My generation of cultivators learn the law of heaven and earth, no one can understand the sky better than us, then God has absolutely no intention of punishing the Tang Dynasty, the so-called locust demon god is just a demon, dare to show his face and kill it!" ”

After finishing speaking, his heart moved, and the evil aura on the Xianyun Sword rose to the sky, and within the range of Chang'an, so the locusts subconsciously fled into the distance.

This scene made the general in front of him stunned, and then he hugged his fists with a solemn expression and said, "Wei Chi Jingde, I've seen the immortal chief!" ”

It turned out that this general was none other than one of the most important ministers of the current emperor Li Shimin, Wei Chigong, who respected morality.

"Daoist Chief, come with me, and I'll take you to see Your Majesty." As if he had found a treasure, Wei Chigong pulled Li He and walked inside, and said: "Now Your Majesty is praying for rain, and you may not be able to meet the Taoist for a while, but that is definitely not a snub to the Taoist Chief, as long as the prayer for rain is over, I dare to guarantee that Your Majesty will see you immediately." ”

In this regard, Li He couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Poor Dao is not in a hurry, if he can, Poor Dao also wants to see how the high-ranking people in the court pray for rain." ”

If it is a historical plane, Li Shimin's prayer for rain may be just a ceremony, and there is nothing to see.

But in this world, there are really gods and monsters, and praying for rain should be the real prayer for rain, which is practiced by the masters of the court.

"That's nothing, ordinary people can watch it, let alone the Taoist chief?" Wei Chigong said, and took Li He to the gate of the palace, next to the temporary "praying for rain" altar.

At this time, the surrounding area was already densely surrounded by people, and Li Shimin was alone on the altar, asking the heavens and reciting prayers.

Under the altar next to him, an old Taoist priest pinched the magic trick in his hand, cooperating with the wind and rain.

It's just that I don't know if it's because the old Taoist priest is not good at cultivating, or because the laws of heaven and earth in this world are difficult to pry, although the wind is coming and the clouds are rising, but it is drizzle, which can't change anything at all. The scope is also limited to Chang'an City Street, not to mention affecting the Guannei, and there is no moisture outside the city gate.

In this regard, Li Shimin frowned, and all the ministers and Wei Chigong couldn't help but be worried.

The most troublesome thing is the current situation.

There are demons and evil in the chaotic world, which leads to the abnormality of the heavenly way, even if there is a technique of clouds and rain, it can't rain.

"We still have to get rid of the locust demon and the drought, otherwise those two monsters are here, and the gods won't be able to rain!" Yu Chigong said suddenly.

Li He couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said, "You mean, there are demons who interfere with heaven and earth, which led to the failure of praying for rain?" ”

"Yes, otherwise, my Tang Dynasty is called Tiantianying, called Earth Spirit, how can I be stumped by the drought?" Wei Chigong said.

"I see." Li He said, and also performed the technique of "calling the wind and calling the rain", wanting to help Li Shimin, but found that his mana was also blocked, although it could rain, it was only a light rain, and it was difficult to solve the drought. But even so, the old Taoist priest who cast the spell in the distance still raised his head and said "thank you" in spoken language.

And Li Shimin also glanced at him and seemed to be very pleased.

Someone helps, even if it fails, at least it proves that he, Li Shimin, has not lost the hearts of the people.

"I don't believe it anymore, I can't call for wind and rain, I'll just get the sea water over, is it feasible?" Thinking in his heart, Li He waved the dust, extracted seawater from the distant rivers and seas, filtered out the salt, and transported it to the capital and even the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, and then to the inside and outside of the Guan, pouring down.

As a result, it didn't take long for Li Shimin, who had been praying for rain, to start controlling the flood......

"That, ahem, I used too much force, please forgive your majesty." Li He said with some embarrassment.