Towards evening, the fiery clouds on the edge of the sky had already stained half of the sky red, and the sunlight poured down faintly through the cracks in the clouds, as if covering the whole land with a layer of golden sand.

I heard that a large number of people in the town were poisoned, everyone in the pharmacy was taken aback, although the shopkeeper Xia is not a real doctor, but he has been dealing with medicinal materials for most of his life, and he also knows some methods of curing diseases, usually the nearby townspeople have a little illness and pain, they all come to him for treatment, although there are also two clinics in the town, but they are the Su family's industry, the cost is very expensive, usually a cold and a drip have to be hundreds, where can ordinary people afford it.

"This big brother, don't worry, tell me about the situation first." Shopkeeper Xia asked Xia Keke to pour a glass of water for the sweaty townsman and motioned for him to speak slowly.

But the townsman didn't care about drinking water at all, so he stomped his feet again and again, and said anxiously: "It's too late, Shopkeeper Xia, human life is at stake!" Hurry up and go home with me, if it's a little later, everyone in my family will die of pain!" ”

Seeing that the situation was so bad and that there were still many patients, Shopkeeper Xia turned pale at the moment, and he no longer hesitated, went back to the house and carried a medicine box with a red cross attached to it, and told Xia Keke to go with him, so that he could take a hand at a critical time.

It is very rare for a large number of people to be poisoned, although Li Changjing felt that this matter was very strange, but he didn't think about it deeply, and followed behind Shopkeeper Xia with Liu Qingtan, preparing to take a look at the situation.

It's just that he has just turned a corner, and after walking for less than two minutes, Li Changjing found that there were a lot of noisy people on the street, gathering in groups of three or five, or discussing, or praying, or talking on the phone, all of them were faces with fear and anxiety, and the houses on both sides of the street, even screams and moans could be clearly heard inside, Li Changjing and his party went up to ask about the situation, only to know that it was indeed as the townsman said, a large number of people in the town were poisoned, and almost every household had it, The initial suspicion is that there is a problem with the drinking water, the symptoms of the poisoned people are almost the same, they are all fever, abdominal distention, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, bone and joint swelling and pain, men and women, young and old, the two clinics in the town are already overcrowded, although someone called the big hospital in the city, but the city is more than two hours away from here by car, and the symptoms of the poisoned patients are constantly deepening, and even the serious ones are already vomiting blood, whether they can survive until the ambulance arrives is not certain.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, there are so many poisoned people in the town now, I'm afraid there are no less than thousands, even if the ambulance is in time, how many people can be sent away?

Shopkeeper Xia and Xia Keke entered the townman's house, but they hurriedly came out in less than five minutes, Shopkeeper Xia's face turned pale, and said to Li Changjing and Liu Qingtan: "The patients in the town are indeed rumored symptoms of poisoning, although the specific cause cannot be found out for the time being, but one thing is certain, someone is definitely doing something with the drinking water in the town, because all the patients, without exception, drank the water at home at noon, and those who didn't drink water are fine." ”

Li Changjing asked, "Have you found a cure?" ”

Shopkeeper Xia nodded and said: "There are many people in the town who can cure diseases, and there are some townspeople who use ginseng, He Shou Wu, snow lotus, and Ganoderma lucidum, which are four traditional Chinese medicines, which are neutralized with other herbs and boiled into soup to drink, which can effectively alleviate the symptoms of poisoning." ”

But Shopkeeper Xia quickly stomped his feet again, and said with annoyance: "But the problem is that all the four Chinese medicines in my shop have been bought, and there is not even a little stock ......!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, someone behind him suddenly shouted: "Everyone hurry up, that Li Changjing is here!" ”

When Li Changjing looked back, he saw that more than a dozen townspeople had already surrounded him, all of them with eager faces, and one of the women in her early thirties even grabbed his hand and shouted with a crying voice: "Li Changjing, you can save my child!" ”

"That's it, save our children!" Another woman squeezed out of the crowd, holding a little girl of only four or five years old in her arms, thin and weak, clutching her stomach and crying, some remnants of vomit could be seen at the corners of her mouth, apparently also a poisoned patient.

"Li Changjing, there are so many poisoned people in the town now, and the clinic is full, we have heard people say that using ginseng, Polygonum multiflori, Ganoderma lucidum, snow lotus and other traditional Chinese medicines to make soup and drink can effectively detoxify, didn't you plant a medicine field? I heard that it is full of these Chinese medicines, so hurry up and pick some of them to save our children's lives! ”

"My wife is also poisoned, and she is lying at home waiting, she is pregnant, but she can't last long!"

"That's it, my parents are so old, they are also poisoned, and I have already vomited blood when I first came out, you go and pick up some medicine to save them!"

All of a sudden, the crowd was excited, and more and more townspeople began to surround and shout loudly, asking Li Changjing to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

"Shopkeeper Xia!" Li Changjing turned around and shouted to Shopkeeper Xia: "Do you have a cauldron for boiling medicine in your pharmacy?" ”

Shopkeeper Xia was stunned and just wanted to answer, but Xia Keke had already taken the lead and said, "Yes!" Brother Jing, go and collect the medicine, let's boil the water and try to boil the medicine when you come back. ”

Li Changjing calmed his face and nodded, and then shouted to those townspeople: "Don't worry, everyone, I'll go up the mountain to collect medicine, and I'll come back in about an hour, and you will go to the medicine shop of the shopkeeper Xia to get the medicine when the time comes!" ”

When the townspeople saw that Li Changjing had promised happily, they all cheered for a while, shouting "good man", "thank you", "this time there is help", and so on.

It's just that he has just run a dozen steps before Liu Qingtan catches up, his beautiful face full of anger, "Li Changjing, you stop me!" I've already bought those medicines in the medicine field, you go to pick them now, what should I do? ”

Li Changjing was stunned, the situation was urgent just now, and he was so focused on saving those townspeople that he forgot about this.

"Secretary Liu, let me ask you." Li Changjing looked at Liu Qingtan's eyes and asked word by word: "What are you looking for my medicines for?" Saving people or simply maintaining health? ”

"Save people, of course!" Liu Qingtan blurted out: "My young lady is sick, and she has been waiting for me to bring the medicine back!" ”

"Your young lady?" Li Changjing was silent for a moment, "So, what you want to save is just one person?" ”

Liu Qingtan's face changed, and he realized that he was being caught, so he stomped his feet in anger, and said with a frosty face: "What's wrong with saving someone?" My young lady is very sick, and these four medicines are very important to her, and none of them will work! And didn't you hear just now, the poisoning of the residents of the town is not too serious, and it is not life-threatening, as long as you find the person who gave the poison and figure out the composition of the toxin, isn't it very simple to detoxify? ”

Li Changjing shook his head, "Shopkeeper Xia just said, the longer it drags on, the greater the harm, didn't you see that a few children have vomited blood just now?" And you also said that your young lady is only very sick, and it should not be life-threatening, so this batch of medicine will be given to the townspeople for the time being, and I will try to get the second batch of medicine out as soon as possible and then give it to you. ”

"You're going to die!" Liu Qingtan said angrily: "How can those medicines be grown in a short time, those in your medicine field have at least ten years!" I don't care, in short, you can't take those medicines, you have to leave them to my young lady! ”

Li Changjing was also rarely angry, and retorted in a deep voice: "Your young lady is fate, and the townspeople are not fate?" ”

"Shut up!" Liu Qingtan was furious, raised his hand, slapped Li Changjing in the face, and blurted out: "How can the lives of the townspeople compare to the ...... of my young lady's ten thousand golds?"

It's just that before she finished speaking, she already knew that she was speechless, and looked at the eye-catching palm print on Li Changjing's face blankly, as if she couldn't believe that she did it, her eyes were red, and she said with a crying voice: "I, I ......"

"It's okay, I don't blame you." Li Changjing said softly: "If you want to save people, I also want to save people, so we are not wrong." I was just...... Somewhat disappointed. ”

Li Changjing turned around and strode in the direction of home, never looking back.

Originally, he thought that although Liu Qingtan was from a wealthy family, he should be different from people like Su Bowen and Xu Huaitian, but now it seems that it is actually the same.

It made him feel a little sad.

In the next half hour, Li Changjing hurriedly returned home, found two large baskets, and then borrowed an electric tricycle from the townspeople, and went straight to the medicine field in Xishan.

When he came out, a few townspeople wanted to help, but Li Changjing refused, every household in the town had people poisoned, so he had to leave someone to take care of it, and that medicine field was not familiar to others, and in a hurry, it was easy to trample on other herbs, and when the time came, he would help more and more.

It was already completely dark, and after Li Changjing came to the foot of Xishan Mountain, he parked the car, put a basket on his back, flashlight, and hurriedly ran up the mountain.

Picking medicine is actually a meticulous work, Ganoderma lucidum, snow lotus is fine, easy to pick, but He Shou Wu and ginseng must be dug to do it, especially ginseng, the action can not be too rude, the roots must be as good as possible, some ginseng grows very deep, and it is common to dig up a pit more than one meter high.

However, Li Changjing's medicinal field is different, the precious medicinal materials are like a hundred flowers blooming, not only many, but also shallow, like ginseng and He Shou Wu, with a light force, you can pull out the soil and roots together.

Li Changjing didn't want to waste time, after putting the basket away, he started to look for the four Chinese medicines with a flashlight, because he had always remembered those poisoned townspeople in his heart, so he was particularly anxious, and after less than ten minutes of picking, he was already sweating profusely and panting.

Li Changjing had no choice but to sit on the ground, intending to rest for a while before continuing, but when he swept his eyes, he found that there was a slender and tall figure outside with a flashlight, and was walking towards him.

"As I said beforehand, I'm only here for the townspeople, not to help you!" Liu Qingtan had a cold face, as if he was still angry, and deliberately didn't look at Li Changjing's face.

Li Changjing didn't care, he smiled at her slightly, and he was in a good mood in an instant.

It seems that this woman is not what he thought before.

Liu Qingtan is a very careful and patient woman, with her help, Li Changjing's speed of collecting medicine is very fast, in less than half an hour, the two baskets are already full, which are full of green leaves and white flowers of snow lotus, He Shou Wu with a thick fist like taro, a palm-sized dark red smooth Ganoderma lucidum like an ear, and dozens of feet and thumb-sized earthy yellow ginseng with many roots.

It was about eight o'clock in the evening, and the two of them, who had been out for more than an hour, each carrying a basket full of medicinal herbs, hurried back to the town.