The Lingchuan Mountains face the Western Zhou Kingdom in the west, and the Zhongluan City in the north, stretching for dozens of miles, and the majestic and precipitous

In the early morning, Lingshan loomed in the mist, a narrow official road winded between the mountains and cliffs, and in the dense fog, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves, which was Shen Zhitang's guards

Li Jianqing stopped the guards from turning the dock and asked inside the carriage: "Teacher! There is a fork in the road ahead, one to Nahe County and the other to Guhe Village."

Shen Zhitang opened the curtain of the carriage door and bent out, overlooking the mountains and mountains in the distance, looming in the clouds and mist, stretching endlessly and laughing: "Shen Qiu! Go and lead a horse, I and Jianqing will go to Guhe Village to see, you and the guards will go to Nahe County, remember! I have been tired for several days, and I am not used to the water and soil, so I am sick and do not see any visitors today."

Shen Qiu brought a horse and replied, "I know, my lord."

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Li Jianqing immediately drew his sword at his waist, stopped in front of the carriage with a solemn expression, and the guards also set up their weapons one after another

Shen Zhitang got on the horse and said side by side with Li Jianqing: "Don't be so nervous! Maybe they're friends."

After a while, I saw a person with messy hair, dressed in a navy blue round-necked robe, with a large crack in his back, blood was flowing out, and the soap robe on the cover was all stained with blood

The man who came was a handsome young man, and his face was terrifyingly pale, and his body kept shaking on his horse, as if he might fall off the horse at any moment, but when he occasionally raised his eyes, the little cold light radiating from his eyes was very eager to survive

Shen Zhitang and Li Jianqing glanced at each other and hurriedly drove their horses to the young man

The young man on the horse held the horse rope tightly with both hands, and raised his eyes hard to ask, "But officers and soldiers?" ”

Li Jianqing turned his head to look at Shen Zhitang, and only after Shen Zhitang nodded did he reply loudly: "It is Shen Zhitang, the prime minister of the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, who is sitting under the Qincha Guard."

The young man on the horse was stunned for a while, and immediately rolled off the horse and knelt down and said: "The little one's name is Xia Huaixu, he is from Teng County, Wuzhou, and his family is engaged in the business of medicinal materials, and he usually runs at both ends of Nahe Teng County, and over time he became friends with Liu Yangzhao, the county commander of Nahe County, yesterday I came to Nahe County to get the mountain ginseng set last month, Lord Liu saw that it was getting late, and he had to let me stay at his house, but I knew that I was attacked by someone in the yamen last night" Xia Huaixu turned his back, showed the wound to Shen Zhitang and continued: "I was stabbed in the back, I wanted to pretend to be dead and escape" As he spoke, his face was full of horror, and he began to stammer: "Who knows...... Suddenly, there were a lot of flying insects the size of palms in the air, and I ran into the house and got on the horse wrapped in a quilt to escape......"

Shen Zhitang and Li Jianqing glanced at each other, and shouted with a smile one after another: "Shen Qiu! Help the man into the carriage and treat his wounds."

Li Jianqing smiled and asked, "That teacher!" Are we still going to Bone River Village? ”

Shen Zhitang gently twitched the horse rope and replied, "Don't go!" Let's go to Nahe County first! ”

The fog in the mountains gradually dissipated, and the Lingchuan Mountain Range revealed its original majesty, and the Qincha guards continued to move forward, and Shen Qiu in the carriage took care of the wound on Xia Huaixu's back

When exiting the carriage, he accidentally saw a red and swollen ankle at Xia Huaixu's ankle, and there were several thumb-sized blisters in the red and swollen places, and there seemed to be something squirming in the blisters, Shen Qiu only felt a cold feeling behind him, and immediately opened the door curtain and shouted: "My lord~"

Shen Zhitang and Li Jianqing, who were at the front of the guard, glanced at each other, and immediately turned their horses' heads to the carriage and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Shen Qiu had never seen insects grow in a person's body...... I don't know how to describe it, so I withdrew from the carriage in a panic and said, "It's better for my lord to come up and take a look for yourself."

Shen Zhitang glanced at the people in the carriage, thought for a moment, and said to Li Jianqing: "See clearly!" You first rush to Nahe County with the guards to see if there are any survivors, leave a few people on standby, and when I finish dealing with this matter, I will go to join you."

Li Jianqing quickly named and left a few guards with good kung fu, and disappeared into the mountains with a large army of men and horses in a blink of an eye

Shen Zhitang and Shen Qiu examined Xia Huaixu's body inside and out again, there were redness, swelling and blisters of different sizes on his thighs, calves, and stomach, among which the blisters on his stomach were the largest, and he could clearly see that a large number of insects were wriggling inside

Shen Qiu couldn't help but stick his head out of the window and retched, Shen Zhitang thought for a while with a solemn face and said to himself: "Most of the insects in the body of a living person are caused by failing to deal with carrion in time after being seriously injured, but you are such a good young man, how can this be?" ”

Xia Huaixu saw the worm that was wriggling wildly in the blisters on his stomach, and his face turned pale with fright and stammered: "What's in there?" How can it move? Why don't I feel anything at all? …… It must be those flying insects...... It must be ......" Xia Huaixu sat up abruptly and knelt down and said: "Help me~ Save me~ I don't want to die yet~"

Shen Zhitang gave him a look, and Shen Qiu pulled out a small box from under the seat of the carriage and lit the candle with his hand

Shen Zhitang roasted a small dagger and said, "Since you don't want to die, you can only pick them out!" ”

Xia Huaixu immediately shrunk into a ball, and the linkage of the wounds made him unrecognizable, but a pair of eyes were still staring at Shen Zhitang tightly

Shen Zhitang continued to roast the dagger and said, "The redness and swelling on your body are getting bigger and bigger!" In a day's time, they will be all over your body, and if I'm not mistaken, the villagers of the two villages of Bone River and Bone Mountain will die like this! ”

Xia Huaixu slowly stretched out his feet and said, "The red and swollen place should be ...... I think I'm unconscious......"

Shen Zhitang held Xia Huaixu's calf with one hand, and with the tip of the knife with the other, he cut the blisters at his ankle

Small white insects the size of rice grains bounced out and landed on the wooden board of the carriage, Shen Qiu first quickly moved a step back, and seeing that Shen Zhitang did not move, he immediately took out a small bottle from the box and poured the liquid inside on the insects, and the insects on the wooden board immediately turned into a pool of thick water

Shen Zhitang took the small bottle, sniffed at the mouth of the bottle and asked, "What is this?" ”

Shen Qiu replied: "It is a bone grass, which treats bruises, and it has another name called poisonous maggot grass in the small old home, and some insecticides are usually put in the toilet in summer."

Shen Zhitang shook his hand and poured the potion into Xia Huaixu's wound, and after a while, the little insects inside disappeared without moving......

Xia Huaixu looked at his ankle with a nervous face, and only shouted after a long time: "This medicine is non-toxic, hurry up~ save me"

Shen Zhitang turned a cross on Xia Huaixu's calf and asked, "Do you recognize this herb?" ”

Shen Qiu replied: "Naturally recognize"

Shen Zhitang said: "Then you take two guards to look around and try to collect as many as possible."

Shen Qiu pointed to Xia Huaixu, who was lying in the car and was looking at them nervously, and replied, "But ~ my lord...... He~"

Shen Zhitang smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go!" Don't keep you waiting! ”

After Shen Qiu left, Shen Zhitang continued to laugh and said: "You can still tell your story so neatly for the rest of your life after the catastrophe, it can only mean that you are seriously injured and fleeing!" But after Shen Qiu found out that you were bitten by poisonous insects, his reaction was quite true, I was a little curious, Liu Yangzhao, the county magistrate of Nahe County, said in the official document that people who have been bitten by flying insects are red, swollen and painful all over their bodies, and they will die in a few days, why are you only a small area of redness and swelling and have no consciousness? ”

The corners of Xia Huaixu's mouth rose slightly, his expression was indifferent, he spread his arms, leaned on the carriage bench and replied: "After the incident, Liu Yangzhao has never been to the two villages of Guhe and Gushan, how would he know that the most terrifying thing about this poisonous insect is that it can bite you through your clothes, and then you will fall into a state of chaos, you will be exhausted, and you can't walk, until you are besieged by more flying insects."

After cleaning up the blisters on Xia Huaixu's stomach, Shen Zhitang sprinkled a handful of gold sore medicine on the wound and said: "If you don't grow new blisters before noon, you should be fine" Then he took out a snow-white silk silk from his arms and wiped his hands and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Xia Huaixu smiled: "I heard that Lord Shen has the talent to govern the world, you might as well guess?" ”

Shen Zhitang packed up the medicine bottle he had just used and replied: "It's not worth using the talent of governing the world on you."

"Hahaha~It's really interesting~" Xia Huaixu laughed and said: "Then wait for Lord Shen to guess it!" ”

"Huai Xu is April, April is spring, and your surname is Xia, this is not logical, unless your name is fake ~ Chunxia ~ Chunxia ~ Xia Chunjun ~ Xia Chunyang Xia General is you?"

"It's Uncle Jia~ Five years ago, thank you Uncle Shen for interceding with His Majesty the Emperor and exempting the Xia family from the crime of punishment"

Shen Zhitang sighed lightly and said: "General Xia was indeed too radical back then, when Zhou Zhi ascended the throne, the time and place were favorable, but General Xia ......resisted with his own strength" Shen Zhitang shook his head and continued: "Soldiers should die on the battlefield, and they should not die under the imperial power~" Then he suddenly remembered something and asked: "I remember that your Xia family was sent to the southern wetlands to defend it, and you can't come out without a summoning order, why are you here?"

"It's a long story, so let's talk about the current matter first! Half a year ago, my nephew came to Xilin City to look for someone, and entered the Santang Valley as an apprentice by mistake, just ten days ago my master said that the pharmacy in Nahe County lacked a steward, and wanted to take me over to try, but at that time I didn't even recognize the herbs, how could I take on this role and refused, the master didn't agree to tie me up here the next day, and then I went down to the village to spend a lot of money to recruit people, and they were all some strong young people, and the two villages recruited about one or two hundred people."

Shen Zhitang exclaimed: "Oh~ But the two villages of Bone River and Bone Mountain? ”

"Uncle is right! It was those two villages, I was still thinking that although there were branches everywhere in this central region, it didn't seem to need so many people, so I asked the master, and the master only said that this was not what I should ask, and those two villages would be attacked by flying insects in a few days! ”

Shen Zhitang was taken aback and said, "What? Wasn't it two days ago that the two villages of Guhe and Gushan were attacked by flying insects? ”

"It's not~ It's been four or five days since this happened! Liu County's order has been pressed, and then it was reported that it could not be suppressed, just two days ago, the master recruited apprentices in front of the pharmacy, and the price increased by as much as two times compared to the past. I don't think this matter is simple, so I was careful every day, and finally escaped last night when Liu County ordered people to kill people in the pharmacy......"

Shen Zhitang raised his eyes slightly and asked, "Is it you who was injured by Liu County's order?" Did you see it with your own eyes? ”

Xia Huaixu's eyes became extremely sharp, and he replied viciously: "To be precise, Liu Xianling and my master"

Shen Zhitang nodded, stared at Xia Huaixu with both eyes and asked, "Extinguish your mouth~?" ”

Xia Huaixu nodded