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Qiao Yumian and others all believe that since the plague is caused by man-made causes, there may be some shortcuts in conquering it -

"But they probably don't have the antidote..." Shepherd's Purse listened to what Qiao Yumian and others said, and couldn't help but said: "Otherwise, the Korean prince wouldn't be so worried just looking at the sick soldiers."

"Yes." Qiao Yumian nodded first, and then explained: "Although there is no antidote, if we can know the composition of the poison when the poison was first administered, it may be possible to prescribe the right medicine."

Even if the plague caused by the poison has been spread among people, it must have changed. It is impossible to resolve the plague with antidotes that can suppress those poisons, but it will always be helpful to understand the source of the disease.

A Jiangdu doctor with gray beard also said: "For this reason, it is best to find the person who made the poison in the first place."

Sheeps purse nodded knowingly and looked at his master subconsciously.

Chang Sui Ning said: "I roughly know who it is."

Xiao Min mentioned this in the letter he sent to Jiangdu. Regarding the poison making, the person Xiao Min suspected was a foreign woman who was following Li Xian.

Chang Sui Ning vaguely remembered that the name mentioned in the letter seemed to be...Arlan.

It is said that this girl was brought back by Li Xian from the southern border. She was beautiful and stayed in Li Xian's tent almost all day long.

But according to Xiao Min's observation, this person is not a concubine who serves people with sex, and Li Xian is not addicted to women. Therefore, Xiao Min has always believed that Li Xian chose to take this person with him mostly because of Al What's so special about blue?

Therefore, Xiao Min paid special attention to Al Lan. In the few encounters with him, he could always smell the unique aroma of medicine from him. Later, he accidentally learned that Li Xian was rarely seen by military doctors when he felt unwell and needed medication. Xiao Min came to the conclusion that Arlan was probably a medical woman who was proficient in medicine.

After the plague broke out in Yuezhou, Xiao Min naturally used many clues to suspect Al Lan and informed Chang Suining in the letter.

But simply knowing who made the poison is not enough.

There was no way Li Xian would agree to hand him over - he was denying the creation of the plague, so how could he confess his crime at this time?

So the answer is simple and clear - the only way to go is to use sacks to tie people up.

But a person who never leaves the military camp, never interacts with anyone, and is good at poison... is obviously not easy to tie.

Chang Sui Ning's eyes were full of thought, he had to think of a solution.

While Chang Suining was thinking hard about this, a female soldier came in from outside and reported that nearly a thousand more people suffering from the epidemic had been sent over, including Xiaoyao's sister.

The next day, hundreds more people came here to seek help from Chang Suining.

As the number of people here increases, the shacks used to house them have been expanding. Correspondingly, the number of manpower needed is also increasing. But these are easy to solve. Apart from the treatment, the only problem that is causing difficulties is the supply of medicinal materials.

Among the medicinal materials required for the preventive prescription given by Xiao Min, at least four herbs were in short supply.

Although these drugs cannot truly cure the disease, after doctors have repeatedly adjusted the dosage and combined with other drugs, they now have the effect of delaying the progression of the disease. Therefore, until a real cure appears, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life-extending medicine for the people.

From the beginning, Jin Yao had people collecting and purchasing these medicinal materials in the states of Jiangnan West Road, but after many days, they could not get much. As the person who planned this plague, Li Xian had his men secretly stockpile a large amount of these medicinal materials early in the morning. To meet future military needs.

On this day, Yao Jin came back from outside and told Chang Suining that it would be difficult to get enough medicinal materials in the entire Jiangnan West Road area in a short period of time.

When it came to mobilizing and purchasing supplies, Chang Suining immediately thought of Meng Lie.

Meng Lie and Yuan Xiang went to the northern border together. Before leaving, they left corresponding manpower for Chang Sui Ning to dispatch, but they were in Jiangdu and did not follow him here -

This place is still thousands of miles away from Jiangdu. From sending a message to explain the matter, to preparing the purchase, and then to delivering the medicinal materials here, even if it is non-stop, it will take at least more than ten days. The current medicinal materials can only last for three days at most.

Most of the three-day supply was sent by the governor of Mianzhou.

Why not send a message back to Jiangdu immediately? Before that, try to steal some from Li Xianjun... no, borrow some openly and use them?

The imperial envoys and doctors who were ordered by the Emperor to control the plague were still waiting and watching near Yuezhou. Public opinion was very unfavorable to the imperial court. Under such circumstances, they tried to use hard and soft methods to force Li Xian to bring some medicinal materials for emergency response. It's not difficult to do.

When Chang Suining made up his mind, he was about to send a message to Jiangdu when he heard from his subordinates: "There is a group of Suzhou businessmen who claim to be acquainted with your Excellency and have come here to see you."

Suzhou businessman?

Chang Sui Ning couldn't help but ask: "Whose surname is it?"

"Say his surname is Dai."

The surname is Dai... Chang Suining thought about it for a while, but had no impression.

On the contrary, Yao Jin said in surprise: "It sounds like the Dai Family Medicine Store—"

"Medicine shop?" Chang Suining looked at Yao Jin, only to hear Yao Jin say: "You don't know something, sir. The Dai family business in Suzhou has a strong foundation in the Jiangnan area. Its main business is the medicinal materials business. In the past two years, the family has The business name has more than doubled, and it has become the first drug dealer in Jiangnan East Road. "

Suzhou belongs to Jiangnan East Road and is adjacent to Jiangnan West Road.

When Chang Suining heard this, he thought about it and went to see him immediately.

Yao Jin followed Chang Sui Ning out and was thinking in his mind - Could it be that the Dai family business had heard the news and made a special trip to sell it door to door?

The conditions here where Chang Suining lives are simple, coupled with the sultry summer heat, and for the prevention and control of the plague, most of the time the open air is kept open for ventilation, so instead of inviting anyone to talk to the shack, Chang Suining went to see him. them.

A group of people came in carriages and horses. There were many people standing in front of several carriages. The leaders were a couple in Jinyi who were about forty years old.

Seeing Chang Suining approaching, the couple hurried forward to greet him.

"Ms. Chang!"

The woman called out, but she knelt down with her husband and kowtowed to Chang Suining.

When the couple stood up and Chang Suining saw their faces clearly, he vaguely recognized them.

At this time, a servant came over pushing a young man sitting on a four-wheeled chair.

The woman urged: "Da Lang, quickly salute your benefactor!"

The young man in blue who was sitting on the car seat had a handsome appearance and a thin figure, but his facial features were full of vitality. He raised his hand upright and saluted Chang Sui Ning: "Dai Zifa has met my benefactor!"

He also said sincerely: "Zifa has limited mobility and is unable to salute his benefactor. Please forgive me."

His surname is Dai and his given name is Zifa. He is the eldest son of the Dai family in Suzhou. Five years ago, when he went to Beijing with his parents to do business, his legs were broken and he has been unable to walk since then.

Previously, in order to convict Ming Jin, Chang Sui Ning had found many victims who were affected by Ming Jin's evil deeds. In addition to Lu Chong, there was also the Dai couple among them.

At that time, Chang Suining could only vaguely remember that they were doing business in the Jiangnan area, but he never explored the specific business, and he never expected to meet here today—

The woman was also very emotional, looking at Chang Sui Ning with gratitude and admiration in her eyes: "I never thought that in two or three years, when I see Mrs. Chang again, I will call you Chang Jieshi."

Suzhou is not far from Jiangdu. Naturally, they have always heard about Chang Suining, but they have never bothered him. In fact, when Jiangdu was rebuilt, they also asked old friends of Jiangdu to donate a sum of money, but they did not mention the past. Naturally, Chang Sui Ning could not distinguish the donor from the couple who had briefly crossed paths in the past. Connected together.

Seeing each other again at this time, I felt that the energy of the Dai family and his wife seemed much better than before.

Although two or three years have passed, the Dai family's gratitude to Chang Sui Ning is still written on their faces.

After their eldest son's legs were disabled by Ming Jin, he couldn't get depressed and sought death many times. As parents, the suffering they endured was no less than that of their children.

It wasn't until they brought the news of Ming Jin's execution back to Suzhou that the eldest son regained his vitality little by little.

Dai Zifa was quite talented in business matters. After regaining his vitality, he started to help his family run the business again. In the past two years, Dai's business has expanded, and he takes half of the credit.

After saying thanks and reminiscing about old times, Dai Zifa naturally mentioned the supply of medicinal materials when talking about the plague here.

Chang Sui Ning couldn't understand the details, so he asked Yao Jin, who was in charge of the matter, to discuss it in detail with the young master's family, while he went to talk with the Dai family and his wife.

Yao Jin had already made a quick calculation in his mind, thinking that Dai Shaodong's family might take the opportunity to drive up the price of medicine.

Although it seems that they are here to express their gratitude to their benefactors, it is not uncommon for them to talk about friendship as deep as the ocean and use it to get acquainted with each other -

Yao Jin follows Princess Xuan'an in handling various businesses and has always been very familiar with the business in this regard.

However, Yao Jin was also very calm. He did not take the initiative to mention the price at first. He first discussed the time and route of transporting the medicinal materials, then settled on the required quantity with the other party, and finally talked about the price of the medicine.

Dai Zifa shook his head and smiled: "The Dai family doesn't take any money."

The Dai family doesn't take any money, they only need to give some hard-earned money to the farmers and the people below, right?

She had heard too many words that sounded respectable but actually cost a lot of money.

Yaojin followed these words and started negotiating the price, but Dai Zifa was stunned. After he realized what he said, he laughed and said: "This girl really misunderstood -"

He looked very serious: "The Dai family came here to repay their kindness, and what the benefactor did was a respectable and righteous act. It is a great honor for the Dai family to have the opportunity to do such a small thing."

After Yao Jin was silent for a while, he showed an awkward smile.

Very good...the only bad thing is that she seems too narrow-minded.

Then he looked at Dai Shaodong's family in front of him, and there was more sincerity and emotion in Yao Jin's eyes - or the Dai family's business was getting bigger and bigger, so they deserved to have this money.

But Yao Jin still refused. The person responsible for the supply of medicinal materials here is their eldest princess's mansion. She just didn't want to suffer a loss, but the Grand Princess Mansion never usurped the interests of merchants.

However, Dai Shaodong's family was very determined in wanting to do their part. The two of them pushed and pulled each other for a long time, just like the host and the guests pushed and pulled each other to tear up the New Year's gifts during the New Year. In the end, the host, that is, the money was defeated. Come on - it doesn't matter, she sincerely wants to do her best, and there is no reason for her to stop her.

After the Dai family left, Yao Jin informed Chang Sui Ning of the result of the tug-of-war.

Chang Sui Ning was moved and also very emotional.

Probably this is the joy of forming good relationships with many people.

At this moment, the sun was about to set in the west. Chang Sui Ning looked to the northwest and saw the brilliant sunset all over the sky.

I wonder if the good fortune she sent to the North has also arrived?

Meng Lie and the others wanted to stock up on military supplies along the way, so they expected to travel slowly, but the news must have reached the northern border.

There has been no urgent news coming back from the north recently. The battle at Yumen Pass must have been smooth and smooth.

At this moment in the northwest, the endless desert is like a long river, and a round sun is slowly sliding into the river, like a huge sunset over a long river, shaken open by the immortals in the sky and hanging down between heaven and earth.

A line of cavalry appeared in the painting, raising dust and sand under the setting sun, breaking the silence, but making the world even more majestic.

As Chang Sui Ning expected, the situation at Yumen Pass has settled.

With Cui Jing's previous deployment, it was almost certain that Beidi's less than 20,000 cavalry would return in defeat, but this time they even failed to achieve "return in defeat" -

The North has a vast territory and a special combat environment. Therefore, wars with foreign tribes have always been focused on expulsion.

But this time when the nearly 20,000 Beidi cavalry were defeated, they were pursued relentlessly by Xuance's army.

The Beidi cavalry were forced to flee in different directions in an attempt to distract Xuance's army, but Cui Jing still personally led the troops to pursue and kill them, and issued military orders to never give the offenders a chance to leave alive.

The actual head-on battle between the two sides in the battle of expulsion at Yumen Pass only took a few days. However, this pursuit lasted for more than half a month, and it was not until recently that Cui Jing and his men were able to withdraw their troops and return.

In this battle, Beidi was not only defeated, but the nearly 20,000 Beidi army was completely wiped out.

Lieutenant General Xuance Army saw General Cui Jing's fighting style this time and felt that it was different from usual. The murderous spirit displayed in it was a hundred times better than in previous battles.

But most of them can understand the intention - this is the first battle against the Beidi invaders. They will kill the intruders without leaving any trace, which will definitely frighten the Beidi army that is ready to move, so as to buy Da Sheng more time to prepare for the war.

Vice General Yu had also thought of this practical consideration, but he still felt that the Governor seemed different from usual in this battle.

He tried to ask a question indirectly, but at that time the governor said: "Xuance's army and Beidi have an indelible hatred." 】

Lieutenant General Yu was confused for a moment and quickly realized, is he talking about the battle more than ten years ago?

But in that battle, Da Sheng was the one who won the big victory, and Beidi was the one who was beaten terribly... How could the person who won the victory get even better?

Moreover, the Grand Governor has always led troops in wars and rarely involves personal emotions... What kind of feud is this being recorded?

Lieutenant General Yu didn't bother to dig deeper. Of course, even if he did, he couldn't find anything.

At this time, seeing Yumen Pass in front of him, the young general led by him slowed down his horse and said: "Send a message to the capital, this battle is won."

"yes!"

Vice General Yu responded, and after walking for a while, he drove his horse to catch up with his Grand Governor, and asked in a low voice: "Grand Governor, do you also want to send a letter to Jiangdu immediately?"

Cui Jing got off his horse a little slower and said, "Don't worry, I haven't had time to write a letter yet."

Lieutenant General Yu said "Ah" in confusion, and then said "Oh" suddenly - the Governor wanted to write the letter himself.

After reacting, Lieutenant General Yu sighed in his heart. When such a beautiful victory was reported back to the capital, the words "the battle was won" were understated... When he arrived at Changjie Envoy, he had to write the letter himself. (End of chapter)