Of course, it is impossible to put the medicine in the tent, otherwise it will be full of smoke, and I am afraid that the person who boils the medicine will be choked to death before one person is saved, so the temporary grass shed has become the best place to boil the medicine.

Zhou Gongjin led the way in front, while Qin Ke and Abu followed behind Gao Changgong, Qiao Feifan deliberately slowed down and fell to the back, but I don't know when she was followed by Zhang Fu, and the two seemed to be whispering.

Qin Ke had just used a wide range of wind vision techniques, and at this moment he was tired, so he didn't bother to listen to the whispers of these daughters' families.

"My lord, my lord!" the commander was leaning against the pole of the hut, and when he saw the group approaching, he hurriedly stood up straight and saluted.

Zhou Gongjin nodded and asked, "How's the medicine?"

"It's almost there. The commander looked at the bowls of clay bowls that had been laid out on the table, and the decoction was still steaming, "In a few moments, it will be time to give medicine to the patient." ”

"Don't be busy yet. Zhou Gongjin turned his head, and Qiao Fei Fan walked over, "Let Miss Qiao see if you have to change the recipe first." ”

Qiao Fei Fan walked straight in, her nose twitched, and there was a bad smell of medicine all around the grass shed, but she didn't mind at all, and even reached out and picked up a bowl of soup and medicine, and the commander on the side hurriedly stopped her when she saw this, but she had already taken a sip of it by herself.

"Ouch, Miss Qiao, that's a medicine for the plague, you are so decent, drink this medicine is unlucky......" The commander wanted to snatch the medicine bowl in Qiao Feifan's hand, who knew that she was a girl who moved much faster than he imagined, just a slight step to the side, the leader's hand fell into the air, he then remembered, this girl is a single person who practices medicine in the world, how can there be no effort on her body?

was stunned, Zhou Gongjin also stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder, signaling him to be calm, while looking at Qiao Feifan's face, seeing that she was taking a mouthful of decoction in her mouth and tasting it carefully, as if she was chewing honey cake for a long time before swallowing it, his eyes were suddenly solemn: "Is there anything wrong with the medicine?"

"It didn't taste right. Qiao Feifan handed him the medicine bowl.

"Doesn't it taste right?" Zhou Gongjin frowned, took the medicine bowl and took a sip, but in his opinion, this decoction was just bitter and astringent, but after holding it in his mouth for a while, he felt that almost his entire tongue was numb, and he said, "I don't feel it, it seems to be ...... More bitter?"

Qiao Feifan looked at the medicine bowl in his hand, he had just taken a sip of it himself, and now Zhou Gongjin drank it again, what is this?

She rolled her eyes instead and muttered, "Of course you can't taste it, and you're not good at medicine." ”

Zhou Gongjin smiled embarrassedly, but immediately turned his head, changed his face to a serious look and questioned the sergeant who boiled the medicine: "Did you neglect the process of boiling medicine that Miss Qiao said?"

In fact, the work of boiling medicine should have been handed over to the doctors who accompanied the army, but unfortunately, because the doctors in the army had the most frequent contact with patients, they naturally quickly contracted the plague, and several people lost their lives one after another, so they were reduced to letting these sergeants who knew nothing about medicine be responsible for decocting medicine.

Could it be that there was a problem in the process of boiling medicine?

The sergeant said with an innocent face: "My lord, I boiled the medicine according to the method that Miss Qiao said, and I didn't dare to make any mistakes." ”

"It's not a matter of boiling medicine. Qiao Fei picked up another bowl and tasted it, his eyes gradually became determined, "One less medicine, koi flowers." ”

"One less medicine?" Zhou Gongjin looked at the sergeant, his eyes sharpened: "Why is there one less medicine?"

The sergeant finally understood, and immediately knelt down with a thud, almost howling in his throat: "My lord, it's not that the small ones don't let go, but the koi flowers ran out a few days ago, and the subordinates, the subordinates are afraid of delaying those patients...... There's no way around it. ”

"There are fewer medicinal materials, you should report it in time, if you don't report it, who gave you the guts?" Zhou Gongjin scolded sharply.

"Yes......" The sergeant raised his eyes and looked hesitantly to the side.

"My lord, it's my fault. The commander walked up to Zhou Gongjin and knelt down, "It was his subordinates who asked him to do this." ”

Zhou Gongjin looked at the commander and smiled inexplicably, but his smile was full of anger: "Okay, that's good! Lynch, it's not the first year that you've followed me, and now you've learned to make small calculations in this kind of life-threatening matter?"

Then he shouted heavily: "Someone!"

Outside the shed, two sergeants standing guard held halberds and bowed their heads in response, "Yes." ”

"Remove the weapons and armor, lock them up, and wait for them to fall!"

Commander Lynch is also an iron-clad person, he didn't resist at all, he just raised his hand to stop the two sergeants, and then solemnly kowtowed, and said in a low voice: "My lord, you let me be fully responsible for collecting medicinal materials, and now I have nothing to say if I want to punish and kill me, you blame your subordinates for their incompetence, Koi Hua's subordinates really can't ask for it...... But, but the disaster is urgent, even if this smell is missing, the medicine has to be hard to survive!"

Zhou Gongjin said angrily: "Wu County doesn't have medicinal materials, you can go to other counties to purchase, there are twenty counties in Dahe County, is it possible that you can't even find a single medicinal material......?"

"My lord!" Lynch's voice overshadowed Zhou Gongjin's angry reprimand, he may have never been so rude in front of this Lord Zhou, but this time he still had to argue a few words.

"Of course, the subordinates have collected medicinal materials from nearby counties, but this koi flower is not an ordinary medicinal material at all, many medicine farmers have not even heard of it, as soon as the plague spreads here, everyone in the nearby counties is in danger, and I don't know how this prescription is spread, people in other counties have heard that koi flowers can prevent plague, and the koi flowers in all local medicine shops have been looted by the people almost overnight......"

In fact, Zhou Gongjin is not a barbaric person who does not listen to arguments, and being able to scold Lynch here proves that he still has affection for this subordinate, otherwise at such a critical time, he should have sent someone to cut off his head with a knife.

And when he hissed and shouted the reason, Zhou Gongjin was also silent, his eyes were dark, and then, Lynch stopped talking, lowered his eyes and let the two sergeants take off the armor on their bodies regardless of it, looking at his loyal appearance in linen clothes, Zhou Gongjin waved his hand and asked the two sergeants to stop for the time being.

"In that case, you should have let me know sooner. Zhou Gongjin said softly, "Human life is a major matter, even if I report to the imperial court, I will not be able to blindly bring koi flowers." If it weren't for this little brother mentioning this matter today, we would still be in the dark, and we didn't expect that the problem would be with the medicinal herbs, how many people would die in a day? Have you been to the mass grave over there and seen it? Have you seen it?"

Lynch was silent and did not answer.

"Failure to report the information and making decisions without authorization has led to the aggravation of the epidemic...... You can't afford to lose your life...... However, I still have to correct my Jing Wu law, so, do you obey?" Zhou Gongjin said in a calm tone, raised his head and looked down at him, his face was as cold as a lonely moon in the sky on a cold night.

Lynch knelt down, as if he had a thousand-pound burden on his back.

"Subordinate, but ......"

"I know that I will personally send someone to take care of your mother at home. Zhou Gongjin turned around and said.

Lynch bit his lip and felt a pang of relief in his body, and knocked his head three more times until his forehead was bloody, and then he stood up and left with the two sergeants.

Qin Ke looked at his back and bowed his head silently. In fact, he had probably guessed the general appearance of this matter, and even vaguely predicted Lynch's ending. Maybe this is the choice? Two roads, as long as one is chosen, he will inevitably meet the answer that must be borne on that road, he has been standing at the intersection and hesitating, and he is also afraid of many things waiting for him in front of him.

But...... He's already decided to go ahead.

Lynch was dragged away, but the dire situation remained unabated.

Lynch was right, the medicinal herb koi flower is indeed not used much in normal times, and even Qiao Feifan's use of koi flower in this plague is already dangerous.

Koi flowers, which are violent, heavy and even killing, are called "general medicine" by doctors, and it is not surprising that they are not planted in large quantities by medicine farmers.

Even if he sends a letter to the imperial court now, begging the imperial court to allocate medicinal materials, collect them from there and then transport them, how many days will it take to get here?

"Is there any medicinal herb that can replace this flavored medicine?" Gao Changgong asked softly, "In a bowl of medicine, there is no shortage of a medicine that really can't cure the disease, right?"

Qiao Feifan saw that the commander was dragged away and beheaded, and her heart was not calm, and when she heard Gao Changgong's question, she replied softly: "Medicinal materials with medicinal properties as strong as koi flowers are already rare, and if they are replaced with other medicinal materials, they may not be able to achieve such an effect." ”

"What about a different prescription?" Zhou Gongjin asked.

Qiao Feifan nodded: "I can only do this, but to prepare a prescription that can treat the plague, it is not a matter of one or two days, this prescription was also given to me by the master a few years ago, he tried countless prescriptions, only to get such a post, my level is not as good as his, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to change the prescription in the short term." ”

Qin Ke thought for a long time, and suddenly interjected: "I remember when I was a child and fled the famine, some people who had the plague said that they ate the snake gall of the dove glass and saved their lives?"

Qiao Feifan's eyes lit up, she pondered for a moment, stretched out her hand to play with the various medicinal materials on the stove for a while, and babbled for a long time, and finally raised her head to look at Qin Ke, and said with some surprise: "That's right." The snake gall of the dove glass does work, even better than the koi flower, in this way, the dosage can also be reduced a lot, an adult dove glass is enough to save a hundred people, the point is...... As long as we can survive these days, I believe that with Uncle Zhou's ability, he will always be able to mobilize a batch of koi flowers. ”

But soon she frowned again, and said with an embarrassed face: "But that dove glass is fierce and abnormal, and it is hidden in the deep mountains, and time is pressing, where can we go to find it?"