Can you trust someone you've never met?

Yue Tang never believed it.

But the man in front of him, who was full of suspicions, told her and believed her.

I believed that I could easily entrust my life to her.

Even if it was because of the relationship between the second brother, Yue Tang was quite shocked.

In the Yue family, in the court, and in the army, she has not heard the word "trust" for too long.

She didn't believe one-sided words, and even doubted everything she saw, but the Xue Huai in front of her, the clear light condensed in his eyes like snow, the frank aura emanating from his body, and his tolerance and trust in swallowing the fake death pill, made her have to rethink the truth of what he said.

Xue Huai spoke in a slightly hoarse voice across from her, often interjecting from time to time, Yue Tang roughly sorted out the ins and outs of the Lanxi plague.

Plagues come out without warning. After about a dozen people were infected with the plague, King Hui began to gather all the forces he could to fight the plague. At first, it was somewhat effective because of the timely control, but this good situation did not last long, and the plague began to spread significantly, and no matter how much King Hui tried to dissipate most of the wealth in the house, it did not improve in the slightest.

At this time, Guo Ting'an, the first seat of the Tai Hospital appointed by the imperial court, arrived, carefully examined the patients, and prescribed a new prescription, which slightly suppressed the spread of the plague, but it still did not last long, and the number of deaths began to increase again, until Guo Ting'an himself was infected with the epidemic and then died.

Chang Yu hurriedly took office under this circumstance, and under the urging of his continuous flying pigeons, he finally waited for Xuehuai, who was wandering outside, and the two fought the epidemic together. Chang Yu is a low-level medical officer who has not learned extensively, and the diagnosis codex left by Guo Ting'an before was lost because of the relocation of the medical hall, so the core diagnosis and treatment prescriptions are all prescribed by Xue Huai, and the specific amount of medicine prescribed for the severity of the patient is also taught by Xue Huai one by one, and then it was found that the existing medicinal materials could not cure the epidemic and could only be temporarily suppressed, and the earth spirit flower was needed to be used as a medicine to eradicate it, all of which were led by Xue Huai, and Chang Yu was more like his deputy.

At this time, the spread of the Lanxi plague had been heard many times, and the empress encountered an embarrassing situation where no one was available, and finally sent Yue Tang to come. It is a good thing that a new Qin sent to cure the plague, but Lei Xing and Wei Chi Zhiming have been embarrassed to loot the Chinese medicinal materials in the city, and the former Qin sent Guo Ting'an to die here, and King Hui was worried that the new Yue Tang may not be sincere in curing the plague, so he sent a letter to Yue Tang's second brother Yue Bai, asking how Yue Tang was.

Few people know that King Hui and Yue Bai have a personal relationship, and the reason why they know Xue Huai is not clear, only that King Hui trusts Yue Bai very much, and has personally praised Yue Bai for never affirming or denying a person because of kinship. So after receiving Yue Bai's letter stating that "General Guiying is credible", King Hui was really relieved and conveyed this trust to Xue Huai.

However, it still took time for Yue Tang and his party to come, and after King Hui realized that he needed the Earth Spirit Flower, he secretly contacted the officials of the North Court to discuss the purchase of the Earth Spirit Flower. At first, the people of Beiting didn't know about the outbreak of the plague in Lanxi, because the earth spirit flower could be used in vegetables in addition to medicine, so they thought that King Hui bought it on a whim, after all, King Hui's greed for delicacies was also well known. But the news of the plague finally reached Beiting, and the people of Beiting were not satisfied with real money but put forward a request for land cession. King Hui thought for a long time and agreed to this request, and for the first time he was so bold that he didn't even go to the court to agree, and stamped King Hui's seal on the land cutting document and handed it to the officials of the North Court, in exchange for enough earth spirit flowers for more than a month. However, when the earth spirit flower was exchanged again, because the plague spread at the border between Beiting and Great Xia, the Beiting people reduced the trading volume of the earth spirit flower, but refused to shrink and cut the boundary of the city.

Xue Huai accompanied King Hui to negotiate with the people of Beiting twice, and the last time King Hui disappeared, he was not present, just because King Hui impulsively brought ten guards to the appointment alone, and when Xue Huai rushed to go, only two guards escaped death and came back to report the news. After that, the people of Beiting were still willing to exchange the city with the earth spirit flower, but the conditions were very harsh, except for the letter from King Hui, there was no other certificate. But in order to bring back the life-saving Earth Spirit Flower, Xue Huai still went to the agreed place every once in a while.

However, this was caught by the people of Lei Xing, Xue Huai crossed the border and entered the North Garden, because the three reluctant people of the North Court took the seal letter of King Hui and said to him, "King Hui has a life, and then cut two cities before trading", Xue Huai took the seal letter and snatched a large bag of earth spirit flowers from them, and was chased by them all the way to re-enter Great Xia, and met Lei Xing's people near Lanxi. Lei Xing's people had been staring at Xue Huai for a while, and when they found him evading pursuit, they stepped forward and inserted a pole to make him suffer from the enemy in the abdomen, and in order to capture Xue Huai alive, they helped him repel three Beiting people, and even killed the killer. Xue Huai had spent most of his physical strength because he was evading the pursuit and running for his life, and he endured it many times because he didn't want to kill in the hand, and was finally captured by Lei Xing's hands.

After Xue Huai finished speaking, his voice became even more hoarse, Chang Yue hurriedly brought a bowl of warm water to moisten his throat, and looked at Yue Tang complainingly: "Did I say that General Yue finished asking?" Is it okay to burn all the piles of corpses? If it is delayed any longer, no amount of earth spirit flowers will be able to cover the epidemic spreading over the corpse. ”

Yue Tang nodded: "Burn tonight." ”

Chang Yue was shocked: "What did you say?!" ”

Xue Huai also cast a slightly surprised look, but seeing Yue Tang's face affirmative, he lowered his head and continued to drink water.

Yue Tang smiled at Chang Yu: "Haven't you been in a hurry?" Why is this expression again? Don't worry, I'll burn you clean tonight. I have asked Hong Ding to find thousands of porcelain altars, and the ashes after burning will be put in the porcelain altar and marked with his name and returned to his family. ”

"You, you," Chang Yue was so shocked that he couldn't speak smoothly, "I'm afraid that the sudden burning of the corpse will cause a riot among the people, this, you, are you sure?" ”

Yue Tang: "The special decree I asked for has been approved by the Holy Lord, and when I arrived last night, I have ordered someone to distribute the will rubbing to every household, and it is clearly written on it - those who resist the decree and do not respect it, behead." She smiled coldly, "Anyway, so many people have already died, I don't care about a few more deaths, it's all free to spare your life." ”

She looked at Xue Huai again: "Although I haven't seen the master's kung fu with my own eyes, but according to the rumors and the description of Lei Xing's subordinates, it should be very good - I'm curious why those three Beiting people who couldn't hold you were easily killed by Lei Xing's people?" ”

Xue Huai was slightly silent, lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "I'm ashamed, before I met the people of the Thunder City Lord, those three Beiting people had been injured by me. One person was injured in the lower back, and the other two were injured in the shoulder and neck, which was not easy to attack for a while, but if the luck and qi were carried out, there would be blockages and the shot would not be smooth, and it happened to be taken advantage of by the people of the Thunder City Lord. He folded his hands and silently recited the Buddha's name, and said, "It's mine, it's not." ”

Yue Tang lightly "heh" and said with a smile: "Monks also hurt people's lives, but it's really unheard of." Is the master practicing 'killing to stop killing'? ”

"Hurry up with power. I have indeed done something wrong, and I will be punished when I return to the temple. Xue Huai looked at Yue Tang calmly, his voice was calm and carefree, and he was indeed sincere when he listened.

Yue Tang smiled and said, "Dare to ask the master, why are you so concerned about the plague?" As a monk, no one can blame you for these things, even if you don't care about them. Besides, you were still wandering away at the time, so why did you have to rush back to wade through this troubled water? She stared at Xue Huai's eyes with a smile, "Mo Fei, is there any reason why you have to go back?" ”

Because he has a personal relationship with King Hui?

Because you want to participate in this competition involving all forces, so as to get a piece of the pie?

Because he is not a simple monk, but a member of a certain force, and he wants to do his best to help that force?

Yue Tang didn't believe that there were selfless people in this world, let alone a monk with no scars.

Xue Huai quickly replied: "In order to protect the temple property." ”

Yue Tang was stunned: "Protect ...... What the? ”

"Temple San!" Chang Yu answered impatiently, "It's the land and fields within the temple grounds!" ”

Xue Huai's eyes signaled Chang Yue to be a little calmer, and explained to Yue Tang: "Our temple is located on Qingmu Mountain north of Lanxi, there have been a hundred years of incense, and the entire mountain, including the foot of the mountain, is a hundred miles away from our temple. Qingmu Mountain borders the North Garden, and although it was not assigned to the first two land cuts, it is difficult to say if the plague continues to spread like this, so I want to do my best to help His Royal Highness. He smiled slightly, "If you say something like 'My Buddha is merciful and can't bear to see the people of Li suffer', I guess the generals don't believe it." ”

Yue Tang sneered: "I don't believe that there are sacrifices and sacrifices in the world for no reason. Your explanation is reasonable, so believe it. She glanced at the door and said, "If someone comes to your rescue tonight, it will be lively." ”

Xue Huai snorted slightly: "No one will come." ”

Yue Tang looked at him: "What's the matter?" Didn't Lei Xing send someone to confirm your life or death? After that, he suddenly realized, "Yes, the torture of you was done to show me, and I wanted to be convinced that the medicinal materials were privately possessed by King Hui." But seeing how hard he tortured, I'm afraid there's something else he wants to know from you, right? ”

Xue Huai nodded: "He wants the seal letter of His Royal Highness King Hui." ”

Yue Tang was not surprised at all: "What he searched from you is really fake." Where is the true seal? ”

Xue Huai shook his head: "What the three Beiting people showed me was fake, I didn't believe it for a while and thought it was real and went to snatch it, but on the way back, the seal letter has been cold as iron in my arms, and I know that it is fake - because King Hui once said that he loves Hetian jade tentacles and warmth, so the seal letter accessories used are made of Hetian jade, and it is impossible to be such a poor material that is not hot." ”

Yue Tang nodded: "It's meticulous." In this way, the real seal should be in the hands of the people of the North Court, but it is not very useful for them to hold it, unless it is the hand of the thunder to carry out the decree of the king. She smiled coldly, "I really want to see if Lei Xing has the courage to take a fake seal letter and send troops." After a moment's thought, she said, "The sooner you can draw me the appearance and details of the seal, the better." ”

Xue Huai stared at her: "The general is so bold? ”

Yue Tang laughed: "It's all fake anyway, let's see who can deceive whom." ”

Xue Huai smiled slightly and said, "But the monks don't speak. ”

"Yo, now I remember that I am a monk." Yue Tang walked up to him and looked at him condescendingly, "I don't ask why you don't have a scar, do you still have to force me to ask?" ”

Before Xue Huai could answer, Chang Yu had already shouted: "I said General Yue, why don't you know that you are a gentle and amiable girl?" Why do people have to ask things that people don't want to say? How much do you know about scarring and scarring? Do you have to have a scar to be a true monk? Can't people have a little difficulty without scarring, you're really ......"

Xue Huai gently raised his hand to stop Chang Yu's complaints, looked at Yue Tang with a calm and clear look, and said, "Because my master thinks that I am not cultivated enough to be a monk, he has never been ordained with me. His smile seemed to contain some bitterness, "It's because I haven't achieved cultivation, so ...... I am the only monk in the Pure Sky Temple who does not have a ring scar. ”

The tone of his voice is still faint and shallow, and those bitterness seem to be just Yue Tang's illusions for a while, as if it is a tea mountain that has just sprouted after the rain before the Ming Dynasty, looking fresh but faintly with a slightly sweet and bitter taste.

This sweet and bitter is very shallow, if there is nothing, but Yue Tang smelled it unexpectedly.

She doesn't like bitterness, from food to mood.

So she was determined to get rid of this bitterness, and approached Xue Huai with a salty smile: "The great virtue who has saved so many people is not worthy of being a monk?" She stared into his eyes and laughed, "Master, have you broken the color ring?" ”