Chapter 27: Return to Purgatory, Iron Man Tenderness

Chen Feng's mind is immersed in internal vision and cannot extricate himself, and he can also be addicted to practicing when he has nothing to do! There was a knock on the door. "Wind Boy! I'm old yellow! ”

Chen Feng opened the door, only to see that the shopkeeper Lao Huang was followed by a military general with a sword in armor, and there was no doubt that it was Lao Huang's brother-in-law who was the captain of the west of the city. He quickly smiled and invited them into the house to sit down.

"Feng Shaoxia, this is the brother of the insider, Lu Zhongduwei, hehe, my small shop is usually the brother-in-law who takes care of it." Lao Huang opened his mouth and introduced: "Xiaolu, it's this Feng Gongzi, I have something to ask." ”

Chen Feng smiled and hugged his fist at Lu Zhong: "General Lu! I've heard the name for a long time, I'm bothered, and it's dark and troublesome to the shopkeeper, please come to the door in person! This is a little heart, and it should be used as a car and horse tea fee! Laugh it off! As he spoke, he pushed over a hundred taels of silver tickets. Then he smiled and said to Lao Huang: "I still have to live here for a while, and I have to trouble the shopkeeper in a lot of places, so I'll arrange Lao Huang's thank you gift later!" ”

Na Lu Duwei frowned with a righteous look and said: "Did I hear my brother-in-law say that Feng Gongzi was generous, I didn't expect to be so bold, and I didn't ask for anything before I gave such a big gift." I'm ashamed, let's talk about things first, my brother-in-law didn't tell me in detail about the little two on the way! As he spoke, he gave the silver ticket a little in front of him.

"Hahaha, look, Feng Gongzi is polite, isn't it, what kind of thank you gift does Lao Huang want! It's easy to talk about! Xiao Lu is right, Feng Gongzi, you should ask first! ”

Chen Feng then did not entangle, and expressed his meaning directly: "This is the case General Lu, I also told Lao Huang, I want to ask you to help me find where the headquarters of General Zhao Xiaojun in Altay City is now stationed." Entrusted by his father, the old general Zhao Dajun, there are also handwritten letters and tokens. There was an outbreak of a southern disease among the old soldiers left behind in the city defense camp of Altay City, named malaria, boy, I happened to experience it and knew its antidote, and I have helped all those who were infected with this disease in Altay City to be treated and cured. Then General Zhao was really worried that General Zhao might have an outbreak of this epidemic in the near future, so he anxiously asked me to come to Kyoto to inspect and help! ”

"What? Do you know the antidote?! Great, great! That Lu Zhong's pupils dilated instantly, his eyes widened and he stood up. Then he grabbed Chen Feng's hands.

"You are excited to talk well, what are you doing grabbing my hands full of calluses! It's not a beautiful onion! And the face is far away from me! Chen Feng smiled without a trace, withdrew his hand, patted Lu Zhong comfortingly, and motioned for him to sit down, but there was a burst of MMP in his heart. Then he said: "This matter is so true, the boy does not dare to joke about such a big thing!" General Lu, don't sit down and speak slowly. ”

"Great, great! Feng Gongzi really didn't hide it, originally this military garrison was a secret, and it couldn't be revealed to ordinary people! But what you just said is true! This Zhao Xiaojun was originally my comrade-in-arms, and he was stationed in the west of the city with me before he returned to Altay to lead the troops. This time, he was ordered to return to the capital with the young soldiers in Altay City, but he encountered a very miserable encounter! ”

"They had a group of 5,000 elite soldiers, and before they even arrived in the capital, there was an outbreak of the plague you are talking about, what is it called... Against malaria! This kind of epidemic is terrible, once the patient gets sick, it can't last a few days! By the time they reached the capital, they had already lost more than 600 men! Then he sent someone to urgently enter the capital to find the upper-level military chief to report the matter, originally thinking that the capital urgently arranged for the doctors in the city to take a step to diagnose and treat, who knew that this layer of reporting was delayed for two days, and then the magnates in the city, when they heard about it, they suddenly felt like a big fart! A whole battalion of soldiers is about to enter the city with the plague, and it is worth it, for fear that when the time comes, it will infect other soldiers and then the people in the market, and most importantly, they are afraid of infecting these powerful and high-ranking generals. As a result, no doctor was sent to diagnose and treat him. Instead, they dragged their march until the small army reached the outskirts of the West Gate, and instead sent our battalion with strong bows and crossbows to keep them a hundred paces away from the city gate. He also shouted that they should not enter the city, and that they should find remote places in the suburbs and camp on their own, and that someone would send grain and grass, etc., and that they would also send doctors to check on them. ”

"I sent a few truckloads of grain and grass, and the people who delivered the grain were all far away from the gate of their camp and ran away, letting the subordinates of the small army pick it up by themselves. The doctor also arranged a few people to go to the consultation for two days, but when they came back, they all shook their heads, indicating that the epidemic was fierce! Once infected, you will die within a few days! And I don't know what this disease is, let alone find an antidote, and even say that this disease must be contagious, because the subordinates of the small army do not break out together, but come in batches every few days. So this group of quacks reported one by one that they could not be cured, and they resolutely couldn't let the small army enter the city and patted their butts and left! I'm angry, those are all my good men, and they are all iron-clad soldiers! ”

"What's even more infuriating is that just this morning, under the intervention of that group of powerful people who are afraid of death, the military department directly issued an order, ordering all military registrations such as small soldiers to be sent back to their hometowns, and there is no need to gather in the capital Tianshui, meaning that they will dissolve themselves. It means that there will be no more food and grass supply in the future! The huge Xilang country, the huge Tianshui City, but cold-blooded gave up more than 4,000 of my Xilang strong sons! They are all flesh and blood, living people with parents and children! ”

Chen Feng patiently listened to Lu Zhong's crackling and bitter water like a bead, and he was angry and angry, and there was also a hidden evil anger on his face, he poured a cup of tea in his hand and handed it over and said seriously: "General Lu, don't worry, I will definitely solve it when I come, you take a sip of tea first." ”

After a slurp, Lu Zhong continued: "Feng Gongzi, you are really a noble person, I thank you for Xiaojun and his subordinates first!" Come with me, I'll take you to the camp of the small military headquarters and save them!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, I can't save people with my bare hands, I have to purchase medicinal materials first, in this way, I will write a prescription, please Lao Huang and General Lu send someone to go to major pharmacies with me to purchase now, there is a big demand!" I'll give you all the money, and I'll take enough of these bills! Chen Feng then stood up and took out a stack of silver tickets, about thirty or forty thousand taels, half of them for Lao Huang and Lu Zhong, plus the one hundred taels in front of him and stuffed them into Lu Zhong's arms. Then I started to take pen and ink paper and began to write the recipe. Fortunately, the herbs needed for malaria are all normal medicinal materials, and Altay City can get them together, let alone Tianshui City. With the help of this Xicheng Governor, even if the pharmacy is closed, he will definitely be able to shout to do this business! In fact, Chen Feng took out these silver tickets in advance, otherwise he had nearly 100,000 gold tickets and hundreds of thousands of silver tickets on him, and he would have to be murdered by the two people in front of him when he took them out.

A trace of hesitation flashed in Lu Zhong's eyes, as if he couldn't bear to accept the one hundred taels that could fill his pocket, but he was relieved in an instant, and when the time came, he could take it out and buy medicinal herbs and buy it.

"Feng Gongzi, Feng Gongzi, this, this, I can help with the procurement of medicinal materials, this go to the barracks, I..."

"Hey, Lao Huang, don't worry, although this plague is contagious, it is transmitted through blood, and normal contact will not be infected! Besides, you don't have to wait to go to the barracks, I'll just go myself! Just call me an open-top carriage, let's go, and buy all the medicinal herbs first!" ”

Be resolute and do what you say. Chen Feng and Lu Zhong brought a group of guards, and Lao Huang brought two small and two groups, each with a carriage, and went to major pharmacies and medical halls to purchase medicinal materials. There was no accident, Lao Huang and Lu Zhong were both familiar faces in this city, and within a few hours, they had purchased all the medicinal materials in the formula that Chen Feng had requested. The three of them returned to the backyard of Lao Huang's inn to meet, and Chen Feng checked all the medicinal materials, no problem.

The matter was urgent, Lu Zhong gathered another team of cavalry, and immediately escorted Chen Feng and two carriages full of medicinal materials out of the west gate, and went straight to the camp where Zhao Xiaojun's headquarters was stationed.

The moon was colorful, and the group went out from the west gate, through a dense forest in the western suburbs, and then winded from the path to the foot of a low mountain, there was a pure stream, and the camp was stationed next to the stream in a slightly flat place a hundred steps away from the stream. To put it simply, this place is deserted, and no one usually cares about passing by. It seems that they were all forced by the magnates in the city.

The camp simply set up some big tents, no one was on duty, and there was no lively training scene, only a few camp tents were lit with oil lamps, the lights were flickering, and most of the camp tents were pitch black. Occasionally, soldiers hurriedly shuttled through the tents on foot. The whole camp was quiet and quiet!

Chen Feng's heart tightened, he had already seen the purgatory behind the camp in Altay City, and now it was estimated that there was another purgatory waiting for him to enter.

Lu Zhong was very anxious in his heart, and as soon as he arrived at the camp, he shouted loudly: "Small army, small army! I'm old-fashioned! I have brought a noble man to save you! ”

This roar can be regarded as a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and I saw that all the camp tents were lit up in an instant, and the peace of this camp was completely broken. From time to time, there were exclamations and ups and downs with the tents, and there were occasional cries of pain, screams of pain and other chaotic sounds. It turned out that it was the army that issued a ban, and as a soldier, you must not cry and cry in the camp, and those who are infected with the epidemic will grit their teeth! Even if the state abandons them and there is no hope of life from now on, they must not behave like a wild dog. Soldier! It is necessary to maintain the spirit of the army! Majesty cannot be abandoned!

Chen Feng couldn't help but be moved. Unexpectedly, this small country of Xilang, which has always been despised by him and Luo Zhang, also has such an iron-blooded army! It didn't take long to see a line of armored and sword-clad sergeants walking out of the main camp tent in front of him, the leader was tall and resolute, Chen Feng recognized it at a glance, this was Zhao Xiaojun, because he looked seven or eight points like the old man Zhao.

"Brother Lu! Who is this? Zhao Xiaojun stepped in front of the frame of Chen Feng and his entourage, and hugged his fists.

"Little Army! This is the young man of the east wind, and he was entrusted by your father to come to treat this plague for you! You will talk about the specifics later, we will save people first! Lu Zhong said anxiously.

Then Chen Feng hugged Zhao Xiaojun with a fist, took out the jade pendant and letter given to him by the old man Zhao and handed it to Zhao Xiaojun, let him read the letter first, and immediately began to arrange for people to move down the medicinal materials, move out of all the army to build an anti-cauldron, and start decoction on the spot! Zhao Xiaojun's subordinates were unusually obedient at this time, and Chen Feng pointed to where to fight.

"Wind Boy! Engong! Please bow down to the last general! After reading the letter written by the old man Zhao, Zhao Xiaojun probably knew how Chen Feng cured the dying people in the camp in Altay City, and now he found the department he led as promised, and helped him at his own expense. Under the agitation in his heart, he knelt down on one knee and bowed his head and bowed down!

"General Xiao Zhao, please get up!" Chen Feng picked up Zhao Xiaojun with both hands, his expression was serious, and he said with affection: "General Zhao, let's inspect your big camp, I will probably take a look at the condition of the soldiers and brothers!" How about going to your tent again, you and I will talk about it in detail! ”

"That's what I mean! Please! ”

Then the two of them strode side by side to patrol the camp. Chen Feng saw the purgatory scene like Altay City again, and even more, many dead soldiers were not pulled out to bury them, but were simply stacked in several vacant tents covered with white cloths. Shocking! After walking around, the two walked into the manager's tent in front of them.

"You wait outside the account!" Zhao Xiaojun waved his men back.

"By the way, General Lu, you take people to guard the medicine pot, and the medicinal soup can be concentrated to a finger's height above the dregs, and the medicinal soup can be filled with a bowl. I will talk to General Zhao Xiao, and you don't need to tell me at that time. Anyone who is infected with malaria will be able to cure the disease with a big bowl per person! Chen Feng also explained to the outside world.

Chen Feng first asked Zhao Xiaojun about his physical condition and whether he was infected, after all, Old Man Zhao was most concerned about his son's safety. Then Chen Feng briefly described the encounter in the past few days and the events of Altay City, and then briefly informed the source of this plague, the southern poisonous mosquito, the pathogenesis and the incubation period, etc. Zhao Xiaojun patted his chest and said that he was fine, he was not dyed, and he still looked like a cow.

Chen Feng asked again about the situation in the camp, when the outbreak began, the current number of infected people, the number of deaths, etc., and when asked this, this iron-blooded man Zhao Xiaojun was in tears.

"Engong, I'm so bitter in my heart, I have nowhere to vent when I'm bored! It's not that you can go into battle against the enemy, but you can sacrifice your life to fight a bloody way, and when you encounter this strange disease that you haven't seen for a hundred years, you really have nowhere to punch cotton. In addition, the magnates of the capital abandoned me and others, and even the military membership of the capital group army was revoked, and it was sent back to my hometown in the name of beauty, but isn't that just to let me wait for myself to disperse and wait for death! "The Zheng Zheng man is a little gushing after being wronged, once he has a venting point.

Then Zhao Xiaojun began to tell about what happened these days. Originally, Altay Cheng gathered 5,000 elite soldiers, and the first case of illness occurred about seven or eight days after about seven or eight days of travel. The sick man was weak all over his body, and at that time everyone didn't know why, thinking that it was just caused by the ordinary wind and cold, so they continued to march with him. Who would have thought that someone else would get sick every day that followed. After three days of rapid travel to the western suburbs of Tianshui, more than 600 people had become ill, and the soldier who fell ill on the first day could no longer hold on. It should be the reason why Chen Feng said that the incubation period of each individual of this disease is different. Since then, Zhao Xiaojun knew that he could no longer forcibly march with a sick number, this disease may be contagious, so he decisively ordered to be stationed on the spot, and immediately sent people to quickly enter Tianshui to report for help. What happened after that was what Chen Feng knew, he was rejected from the city by the magnates of the capital, and sent a few three-legged cat quacks to turn around twice and ignore it!

Zhao Xiaojun burst into tears when he said: "Engong, so far, more than a thousand brothers have been buried here forever!" There are also nearly a thousand brothers who have been tormented by this damn epidemic! Those are all living iron-clad men, just a few days of hard work, just a few days, I haven't seen the gate of this water city! Didn't go into battle to kill an enemy! was dragged to death by his own people in the poor mountains and bad waters on the outskirts of Tianshui! I, Zhao Xiaojun, recruited them from Altay City and brought them to Kyoto, and before setting off, they were so high-spirited, and the whole army was full of momentum, and they were bound to make meritorious contributions and return to their hometowns! But now, now, I am ashamed of my hometown fathers! I don't know how to go back and explain to their parents and brothers! I feel wronged, Engong! ”

"Fortunately, Eun Gong is here! Living Bodhisattva, you are! Now my camp is dead, and I have issued a ban on clamor and wailing! The man's teeth are knocked out and the blood is swallowed in the stomach! Originally, my brothers, who had less than 3,000 remaining and had not yet been infected, were already desperate, and they were eager to go into the city to ask the group of powerful and high-ranking officials who were eating vegetarian meals if they still had a conscience! Not to mention the nearly 1,000 brothers who are still lying there now, they can only wait for death! That's a miserable..."

When Chen Feng heard this, his face was full of anger, and he felt the same as Zhao Xiaojun, and felt that there was a sullen feeling in his heart that he couldn't let out! If Zhang Tianyi is here and encounters this kind of thing, it is estimated that it will explode, and he will have to go into the city to vent!

"General Xiao Zhao, mourn, don't be sad first, in fact, I heard Captain Lu in the city talk about what happened to you, and I was already sad and indignant, you high-ranking officials in the city of Tianshui are not doing personnel! Even if you don't know about malaria and can't prescribe the right medicine, if you can send someone to give you some drugs that strengthen your life, and if you don't give you more drugs to strengthen your physique, you can buy these infected soldiers a few more days! When I come, it will be able to live many, many more people! Alas. I'm also guilty, I should have found you one step faster... The second time I saw the purgatory-like situation in this big camp, my heart ached! Chen Feng said with a serious face.

"Alas, you can't be blamed... Just now you also said that you came to Kyoto after the completion of Altay City. You've also spent a lot of money out of your own pocket, what about the people in the city? If you don't pull out a hair, you won't save if you die! It's only to blame the traitors in the city for their reckless disregard for human life! Blame heaven for being unfair! What a fate for my brothers! Zhao Xiaojun said sadly.