Chapter 352 Chapter 352: Gan, it’s the leek sickle again [two-in-one]
Faced with Gong Xiqiu’s questioning, Zhang He’s response was only a long silence, but judging from his expression, he obviously knew of this matter. No more answers were needed, Gong Xiqiu already understood and let out a disdainful sneer.
"Is this the Imperial Physician Order of a country? It's really eye-opening. He's just a mediocre person who cares about fame and fortune and doesn't care about the lives of the people! Don't you think that you can save your life just by sitting in Lingzhou Yiru?" What should you order?" Gong Xiqiu's words were full of guns and sticks, causing Shen Tang to look sideways with a little surprise in his eyes.
The Gong Xiqiu she knew could not be defeated on the battlefield, and no one could defeat him on the battlefield. He was just a 24K pure fool who suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated. I never expected that he actually has this thing called "eloquence", and he's not bad at making fun of people.
Zhang He did not take these words to heart.
But that doesn't mean others shouldn't worry too.
Immediately, Zhang He’s confidant, the guard leader, couldn’t help but stand up and say a fair word for Zhang He.
"Although I don't know the grudge between this gentleman and my lord, it is true that my lord saved thousands of people in Lingzhou, and it is also true that he protected the people of Ru in Yi. Previously, as the imperial physician of the Medical Department, my lord had no choice but to "Obey the Lord. Do you really know the consequences of disobeying your orders?"
This guard leader is Zhang He's confidant. He has been with him for a long time and knows a lot about the past.
Zhang He did not take the initiative to contact Gu insects.
As the Imperial Physician at that time and the most skilled physician in the Medical Department, the Lord of Xin State gave him an order to study Gu insects. Can Zhang He still object? Later, he was subjected to a liquidation operation by the king to kill and silence him, but he luckily escaped and saved his life.
Can the genocide of the Gongxi clan be considered Zhang He’s doing?
Did he deliberately throw away the so-called holy objects?
As for the epidemics in various places...
It is even more impossible to be caused by the Lord Zhang He.
This requires asking what King Xin’s royal family did.
Gong Xiqiu's hatred seemed to him to be immature anger. It was obvious that his lord had such a good temper that he had the patience to allow such unknown people to talk nonsense without driving them away.
In response, Gong Xiqiu just chuckled meaningfully: "Yes, yes, yes, everything you say is right."
He did not take the guard leader seriously.
Looking past him, he landed directly on Zhang He.
"I just have a piece of advice. I hope your lord can remember - it is best not to explore the secrets of the Gongxi clan. Otherwise, even if I am the only one left in the Gongxi clan, I will let you know what regret is! Such as! It’s better to have such a ‘host’ under Gu Ren’s account! "
Zhang He Gujing Wubo's eyes finally showed a trace of confusion: "Gu Ren? Gu Ziyi? Who do you think he has?"
Gong Xiqiu said: "You? You might as well ask yourself.”
If you really ask, you will most likely be beaten up by Gu Ren.
Back then, both Xin and Geng were secretly studying Gu insects, trying to use this trump card to dominate the northwest and even sweep across the entire continent. They have secretly conducted breeding research and planted "gu mothers" on people of different ages and physical conditions.
This kind of "Voodoo mother" is different from the "Voodoo bug" that causes the epidemic.
The latter will wake up when exposed to qi and blood, and frantically absorbs human body essence and blood to start laying eggs. It is a failure of the former.
The former grows slowly, but it can stimulate and improve potential to the maximum extent, allowing ordinary people to gain strength comparable to mid- to high-level warriors. Once the host can no longer provide the essence and blood needed by the "Voodoo Mother", the "Voodoo Mother" will crazily squeeze the host, completing the final transformation in the shortest time, until it breaks out of the body, and the life of the "host" will also follow. Come to the end.
It is difficult to say that Shaochong was infected when he was young.
He was murdered while still in his mother's womb.
Zhang He didn't know what he thought of, and his face turned gloomy: "I really didn't know about this matter. If I had known about it, I wouldn't have caused any fatal disaster back then. I'm really not a good person, and I really have the intention of winning over people's hearts by helping the people of Lingzhou. , but never Gongxi Lang Jun thinks that he is crazy, but I still have some basic ethics as a doctor...please be careful what you say!"
As an imperial physician who is deeply trusted by the king, there has been great progress in the research on poisonous insects. , his future was originally bright and bright. Outsiders rumored that he was secretly executed, but they didn't know the truth behind the matter-the first batch of "gu mothers" were cultivated at that time. He hoped to use death row prisoners as hosts, but other colleagues spoke to the king and secretly captured a group of ordinary people. come over.
The leader of Xin Kingdom was persuaded by sweet words.
Zhang He disagrees.
It is even more impossible to go along with them.
So he impulsively chose to resign.
This also led to death.
Fortunately, he was prepared and managed to escape. Later, in order to save his life, he had to move around and remain anonymous.
After he lived in seclusion in Lingzhou for several years, the situation changed again. The Xin State became increasingly corrupt and corrupt, and instead the Geng State gradually rose to power. Zhang He became excited. He is a person who attaches great importance to fame and wealth, otherwise he would not have been elected three times and lost three times.
In the end, I got ahead by entering the Medical Department.
He is not willing to shrink his head and tail for the rest of his life.
Seeing that I am getting older, I still haven’t waited for the best time to go out. At this time, she met a filial daughter who was bringing her dying mother. This filial daughter was planning to take her old mother to commit suicide, but unexpectedly broke into his secluded small medical clinic. Zhang He learned from his filial daughter that a great plague broke out in Lingzhou.
Lingzhou bureaucrats excuse each other from doing business.
Hold this matter tightly.
It wasn’t until he couldn’t hold it back anymore and was stabbed to the court of King Xin that King Xin’s court sent a medical officer from the Medical Department to rescue him.
The result is pleasing to hear and see.
This group of medical officers whose medical skills are getting better and better did not realize that the source of the plague was the water source. Not only did they fail to cure the infected people, they also caused most of the disease themselves. In order to prevent the spread of the plague, the capital of Lingzhou gathered all the infected people into one city.
Leave it to fend for itself.
Zhang He knew this and his heart beat like a drum.
He felt that his chance had finally come.
Maybe we can turn around through this matter.
So, Zhang He came out of the mountain, not afraid of being dirty, tired, and smelly. He entered a city full of patients alone carrying a medicine box, and begged the local wealthy family for medicinal materials. The more difficult the opponent is, the more Zhang He's reputation among the people will be pushed up.
After that, he won a fight with the medical officer of the Medical Department.
It took a full month before the city was opened.
Zhang He also became famous in one battle.
He admits that he is right. No matter what a person's original intention is, whether it is for the people or for fame, at least the result is the same.
He could endure Gong Xiqiu’s accusations and anger, but he could not endure the stigma that did not belong to him. When Shen Tang saw that Gong Xiqiu did not speak, he asked his inner doubts: "Does Mr. Zhang really mean what he said?"
Zhang He pointed to the sky and said: "There is absolutely no lie."
Shen Tang felt puzzled in his heart. .
Does Zhang He really have some integrity?
Wasn't it his fault that Shaochong happened?
"Epidemics caused by poisonous insects in various places..."
"It's not me!"
Zhang He was vaguely impatient.
“Who could that be?”
Zhang He said: "I don't know."
He quit that plan too early, who knows what else he came up with later, and -
"It's not just Tianhai, He Yin, In Shangnan and other places, even under my rule, common people were infected with similar 'epidemics'. Fortunately, I found out in time and blocked the news. If it was really me, why would I bother to take it out?"
Zhang He's reputation is based on the support of ordinary people, and he also attracts many powerful people. If people are different and lose the support of the people, their foundation will be unstable. Why would he destroy the Great Wall?
Shen Tang frowned and felt worried.
Because her current identity is "the envoy sent by the governor of Heyin County", Shen Tang's reaction was also misunderstood by Zhang He.
“The envoy doesn’t have to worry too much.”
Shen Tang: “How do you say this?”
Zhang He said: “It’s impossible to spend so much time and effort. No idea. When the time comes, the murderer will be revealed."
Shen Tang: "..."
She doesn't like being defensive at all.
But there is no other good way for now.
Zhang He insisted that he had nothing to do with this matter and it didn't seem like he was cheating. How about - let Gu Chi come and take a look?
“Then I don’t know how long it will take to wait until...”
Zhang He guessed: “It shouldn’t be too long.”
Let’s not talk about the lethality of the Gu insect itself. Just talking about its additional effect of “disease” is not vegetarian. If it is delayed for too long, all the people will die. What are the people behind the scenes planning?
Zhang He had some vague guesses in his heart.
I guess the other party also wants to take the same route.
When the people are in dire straits, desperate and helpless, a god will fall from the sky and give them a glimmer of hope for survival. At that time, the people will be grateful from the bottom of their hearts and regard them as gods. Zhang He's career history has proven that this path is feasible.
However, what should the common people do if they are not in dire straits?
Then find a way to create "dire straits".
Zhang He did not say anything about these speculations.
He hasn't completely cleared up the suspicion yet.
One thing more is worse than one thing less.
Seeing that nothing could be found, Shen Tang had to give up for the time being.
She said: "Mr. Zhang, I have one more thing."
"Envoy, please tell me."
"That's it..."
Gong Xiqiu learned the clues about the "sacred object of the Gongxi tribe" and prepared to secretly send people to the place mentioned by Zhang He to find those who were fighting nearby. He could always find the sacred object by following the clues.
Shen Tang's trip was not only to find out the "real culprit of the epidemic", but also shouldered the important task of negotiating business and promoting cooperation.
He Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
Due to Zhang He's presence, Lingzhou Yiru has become a popular place to study medicine, and the medicinal materials business from nearby counties are concentrated here. Shen Tang wants to negotiate a good price with Zhang He and buy a batch of good medicinal materials.
It’s the same old saying.
He Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
As the seasons change, common people suffer from frequent colds, and Fu Gu Medical Center is often short of medicine to the extent that it can't even get a patch of medicine together.
The apprentices learn pharmacological knowledge from Dr. Dong on weekdays, and they have to go into the mountains to collect medicines every now and then, making it difficult to maintain the medical clinic. Shen Tang then set his sights on Yiru and asked for more.
Zhang He: "..."
Medicine business...
This was something he never expected.
He also thought that the Heyin envoy was here to test the possibility of an alliance between the two families, and to conduct deeper cooperation on this basis. No wonder Zhang He guessed so, what kind of good birds could Wu Xian and Gu Ren near Heyin be? Winning an alliance is serious.
Checks and balances each other, because only a few companies have the ability to overturn the table and turn the stool over, and the situation can be temporarily balanced.
I didn’t expect——
They were just here to discuss the business of medicinal materials.
Let’s discuss business with the governor of Yiru County...
Zhang He thought for a moment and showed his leek knife.
What is "monopoly"?
Monopoly is his quotation, Shen Tang listened.
Gu Chi did not follow Shen Tang in.
It’s not that he didn’t want to, but Zhang He was too vigilant and only wanted to see Shen Tang and Gong Xichou. Gu Chi was bored and had to listen to the opinions of officials and people near the office to pass the time, which really made him know a lot of gossip. . While he was enjoying it, a particularly sudden and eye-catching greeting rushed into his mind like a sharp knife.
Familiar curses and greetings to ancestral home.
Well, greetings to Zhang He’s ancestral home.
Gu Chi raised his eyebrows.
Arrange the wrinkled sleeves and step forward.
Crossing one's hands and saluting: "Master Lang."
Shen Tang's curses suddenly stopped.
Gu Chi said: "I saw Master Lang looking unhappy, but the trip didn't go well? Or is Zhang Yongqing making things difficult for Master?"
Shen Tang's face turned livid with anger.
“It’s more than a dilemma! Why didn’t he go and rob!”
Gan!
Do everyone think she is a leek?
Wu Xian was cut off, Zhang He was cut off?
Don’t leeks need a rest?
Shen Tang recalled that Zhang He had bitten off Gao Bi's face as soon as he opened his mouth, and he became so angry that smoke could be seen above his head!
Gu Chi: "..."
Gong Xiqiu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Shen Tang looked away, and he consciously stopped laughing.
I then made a poor excuse.
"Mama, you and Mr. Gu are busy first. I'm going to find someone to go to that place to inquire about it and recover the sacred object as soon as possible."
After that, he ran away.
The horse's butt disappeared at the end of the long street.
Gu Chi asked curiously: "What holy object?"
Shen Tang: "A coffin, let's talk about it after we get in the car."
She told Gu Chi one-five-ten All the details of today were shared, including the fact that the Gongxi clan had a treasure that caused the tragedy of annihilation. But what’s even more funny is that the two countries, Xin and Geng, didn’t know the difference and buried the most precious sacred object in the human race as an ordinary corpse.
Gu Chi’s keen nerves were touched.
He looked at Shen Tang: "Coffin?"
Shen Tang was stunned for a moment before she understood the meaning of Gu Chi's eyes - speaking of coffins, wasn't she the one who woke up from the coffin?
But—
The time is wrong.
She didn’t know when the Gongxi clan was exterminated, but she guessed it must have been more than ten years ago, right? A corpse buried in the clan's land, even if it was just inserted on the eve of the extermination of the clan, is still fresh and warm, and it should have rotted into bones after more than ten years.
But Shen Tang only woke up in Shen Mansion half a year ago.
So many years have passed between the two.
Take a step back, even if she is really a holy object pretending to be a corpse, her muscles will atrophy, become weak, and she cannot get off the ground even if she lies in a vegetative state for more than ten years. Has she beaten too many people in the past six months?
Shen Tang raised his hand to smell his own flesh.
You can vaguely smell the fragrance of wood.
"Smell it and see, this meat is still fresh."
Gu Chi: "...Chi just thinks it's a coincidence."
"No matter how coincidental it is, I can't be that corpse. , you want to say that the corpse pretended to be a corpse and took the opportunity to give birth to me, but it is still possible, logical It makes sense. In this case, the coffin can be regarded as a legacy, and it makes sense for me to lie in it." Shen Tang pinched his chin and suddenly laughed at his own imagination. Aren’t you crazy?”
The sacred object buried deep in the ground gave birth to a daughter.
Is it the loss of humanity or the loss of morality?
Gu Chi: "..."
Shen Tang had laughed enough, and the smile at the corners of his eyes disappeared.
My heart suddenly became heavy.
"Speaking of which, Gongxi Qiu's life experience is really rough. But how did the Gongxi tribe get involved with the Wu Gu disaster a hundred years ago? And because of this, they attracted covetousness and caused the tragedy of genocide?"
>Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade.
This horoscope is applicable wherever it is placed.
The Gongxi tribe also suffered from bad luck.
Her original intention was to chat and complain, but she didn’t expect that Gu Chi had heard all the gossips in the world and was called Bai Xiaosheng: "My lord, do you know who founded the Kingdom of Wu? What is the royal family crest of the Kingdom of Wu?" "
Shen Tang: "..."
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"When I wait until the end of March, we'll save some manuscripts and go cut them."
(End of this chapter)