Fragrance in the wind

This autumn, Shanyin County in Kuaiji County was plagued by locusts, and a famine broke out, which even affected the entire Kuaiji County.The imperial court dispatched Li Neishi Lan Zhengchu to temporarily take the post of supervisory history, and went to Kuaiji County to supervise the implementation of the disaster relief plan.

The specific plan is as follows:

First of all, [-] shi of grain was allocated from the national reserve to help the victims, so as to relieve the urgent need.Because from the fall of that year to the next year, the amount of rations and grain grown for the disaster victims was very large, and the state could not afford it, so the policy of collecting grain by officials was adopted.Any big family who pays one thousand shi of grain to the state can be worshiped as a prince.Through this approach, a large amount of food was collected, which ensured the supply of food for production and living in the disaster area, gradually eased the disaster in Kuaiji County, and solved the economic difficulties. (Borrowing from the solution of the Qin Dynasty)

One wave of unrest followed another, and just when the disaster was alleviated, a plague swept across.Overnight, the sickness became rampant, every family felt the pain of zombies, and every room felt howling mourning.Either the door is closed and the family dies, or the family is destroyed and the family dies. Famine and plague come alternately, making the whole Kuaiji County mournful.

As far as the eye can see, there is a dead silence, no green, the trees are bare, the leaves have been picked off, and the bark has been stripped clean.Skeleton-like corpses were strewn across the roadside, with no muscles and bones as brittle as eggshells.But right in the middle of this hell-like place, there stood a man in purple clothes very uncoordinatedly. His aura was in great contrast with everything around him.

Along the way, every household closed their doors and locked them, and most of them hung wormwood or calamus in front of the door.His figure came to an inn. The door of the inn was closed tightly. He knocked for a long time before someone opened it.

The owner of the inn looked at him full of surprise. At this time, he was thinking of a way to run out, so why did someone sneak in.

Zizhou didn't say much, just took out a piece of silver and threw it to him, and said calmly: "Clean out a room, I want to stay."

The innkeeper saw that he was dressed in a strong and strong body, he didn't look like someone who was sick, so he invited him in for Yinzi's sake

"What's the name of this young master?" The innkeeper accompanied him to the inner room.

Zizhou glanced lightly: "It's just a title, whatever you want."

The innkeeper paused for a moment, no longer entangled in how to address the other party, but forced a smile: "Although the scenery around Kuaiji County is beautiful, is it not a good time for you to visit here?"

Zizhou ignored the other party's temptation, and only said: "Are you the only one left in this inn?"

The innkeeper shook his head with a sad expression, "And my wife."

"Why don't you leave?"

"I've spent half of my life here, and I don't want to leave." The innkeeper replied simply and firmly.

At night, when Zizhou was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

"Who?" Years of experience in the world made him more alert.

"It's me!" The innkeeper's voice was trembling and crying.

"what's up?"

"I know your identity. You must be the real purple gourd doctor when you come here at this time. Please, save her! Save her! She's about to die!"

Zizhou put on his clothes, pushed the door open, and found that the innkeeper was kneeling on the ground and crying into a ball.

Until Zizhou made a diagnosis for the proprietress of the inn, and performed another injection, seeing that the condition of the proprietress had stabilized and she fell asleep.

The boss knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.

"Prepare for her funeral as soon as possible!" Zizhou stood up, and the candle in the room shook violently a few times, shaking on his mask, looking like a ghost.

The boss's whole body was shocked, and he suddenly raised his head to look at the miracle doctor, "Aren't you a miracle doctor? Isn't the pill in your gourd able to bring the dead back to life? I'll give you whatever you want, and I'll give you everything, please... save her ...don't let her leave me!"

"It's all nonsense!" Zizhou frowned when he heard this, walked out without hesitation, and said after leaving the door: "If you don't send her away, I'm afraid you will not have much time."

There was no ups and downs in his voice, which made people sound numb.The boss's face was full of tears, and he smiled sadly: "Even if I die, I will not give up on her!"

The steps under his feet paused slightly, the innkeeper's words made the string buried in his heart jump unsuspectingly, he couldn't help but quicken his pace, and he tied it up when he entered the room.

When he was suffering from hunger and cold, when he had nowhere to go, how many lonely nights he had crazily missed that warm and generous chest.As long as he is willing to look back, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth.But he didn't, he would never allow himself to degenerate to this point.

In the early morning of the next day, a group of people suddenly appeared on the originally quiet street. They carried mats covered with withered grass, and the faint whimpering of children could be heard.

Zi Zhou pulled one of them over and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Everyone says that there is a plague demon in the river. It is neither a human nor a ghost. It has a dog's head and a human body. It walks like flying. Wherever it goes, there will be a plague. If you send the boys and girls in the village to him, he will leave. Here, the plague will pass."

"So you take the lives of those children as sacrifices!" Zizhou flicked his sleeves and laughed angrily, "It's just ridiculous!"

The man looked at him puzzled, and retorted: "That's what everyone said!"

Zizhou bypassed him, walked quickly towards the direction of the crowd, stood in front of them, and shouted coldly: "Let those children go!"

The villagers were stunned for a moment, and they took a step back unconsciously at the cold air exuding from the person in front of them. Then someone quickly realized and shouted loudly: "Who are you? You are not from our village!" People! It's none of your business!" All the villagers echoed.

"You are disregarding human life!"

Zizhou tried to reason with them, but one of them jumped out and shouted: "They won't die, we all must die! Don't listen to him, let's drive him away!"

In the midst of the chaos, someone pointed out that he was the legendary purple gourd doctor. The villagers didn't care about the truth for a while, and they all lay on the ground as if they saw the god Da Luo and kowtowed non-stop.

Facing the sudden situation, Zizhou wrinkled his nose. He couldn't help but refuse the current trend, and he couldn't reason with them. In order to save the lives of those children, he had to go with the flow. With a second thought, he said: "Since you respect me as a miracle doctor, do you listen to what the miracle doctor says?"

All the villagers responded in unison: "Listen! Listen!"

"Okay!" Zizhou stood with his hands behind his back, "You put those children back, and as for the plague, I will find a way."

He is not a person who makes promises casually, because he has only deeply experienced the feeling of disillusionment in the bottom of his heart, and finally turned into ashes, and it is not just a glimmer of hope that has been cooled.

So he moved very quickly, and about two quarters of an hour later, he stood in front of the gate of the sheriff's mansion. The servant in front of the gate was inevitably suspicious of the name given by the man in purple, but he didn't have too much. Hesitant, because the arrival of the man in purple is likely to help the current situation of helplessness.

Led by the servant, they walked through the courtyard and came to the main hall. The first thing they caught their eyes was Lan Zhengchu, who was dressed in a blue shirt. Against the backdrop of the blue gown, his originally plump and handsome face became more and more beautiful, like a blue wave After the cleansing, the lotus leaf is independent of the world with an attitude of not being polluted by the world. At this moment, he is sitting here with Kui Hongyi, the governor of Kuaiji County.

I haven't seen him for three years. In the officialdom and holding the financial power of the Chunyu Kingdom, Master Zhi Li Nai Shilan still looks untouched by the world.Zizhou suppressed the strange feeling that was churning in his heart, because of the cover of the mask, he walked up to him generously and greeted him.

After the three of them were seated, Lan Zhengchu said first, "This is the famous purple hyacinth doctor in the world!"

Zizhou didn't care about the disdain in the other party's tone, and went straight to the point: "I'm here today, mainly to offer advice to drive away the epidemic. The rest are not important and there is no need to say more."

Lan Zhengchu raised his eyebrows. When he went out to inspect just now, he accidentally ran into the scene where the man in purple rescued the children on the street. He began to have different views on this quack doctor. As for the half-truths and half-false rumors at first, he He didn't listen to it at all, maybe from the bottom of his heart he thought it was just a trick played by charlatans.

Kui Hongyi squinted his eyes and interjected, "Your Highness, if you have any plans, just speak up. Your Majesty is wise. If you make great achievements, the court will definitely reward you."

The implication is that you can say whatever you want, if you say something wrong, you will lose your life, but if you say something right, your life will be yours.Zizhou smiled lightly, and his tone was frosty, "The disease caused by temperature and epidemic is neither wind, nor cold, nor heat, nor damp. It is caused by a strange energy in heaven and earth. It is also ridiculous for foolish people to bring down gods and demons. So I think First of all, let the people correctly understand the plague, so that they can be effectively prevented.”

"How do you know?" Lan Zhengchu looked at him and asked quietly.

"My next suggestion is to set up lectures in the city. As for the lecturers, they must have a reputation among the people, not to mention authority and professionalism, so that the public will be convinced."

"My son came here to preach."

Zizhou glanced at Kui Hongyi, his eyes sharp as a knife: "I am not the most suitable candidate."

"Could it be that the young master already has a suitable candidate?" Kui Hongyi said sarcastically.

"It's better to let the soup stop boiling than to pay the salary." Zizhou ignored him and said directly: "The problem must be solved from the root cause. After the people's hearts have been stabilized, the next thing is for the adults. Please report to the court to reprimand the officials." Several hectares are specially used to bury those unclaimed dead bodies or those who are poor and have no burial place, so as to fundamentally solve the spread of abnormal gas. Secondly, the plague is not inevitable. If it is diagnosed and treated early and the right medicine is prescribed, it can still be saved. , I will set up a medical clinic in Shanyin County to take in the sick people."

"why?"

Zizhou looked back at Lan Zhengchu in puzzlement.

During this period, Lan Zhengchu kept his gaze fixed on the other party, and finally found that this person was very guarded, and no matter how much he tried to explore, he still found nothing. He lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, and then said: "Young master could have escaped. ? Why risk your life to take the initiative to participate in it?" He used the initiative, maybe it should be said to be passive when he saw the scene in the morning, but in fact he was not. He was so thoughtful in every aspect, could it be just because of a temporary promise.

Zi Zhou was already prepared in his heart, and pondered: "As far as I know, Mr. Lan is not from the Zanying family!"

"How do you say that?" Lan Zhengchu adjusted his sitting posture and looked at the other party with interest.

"Before the year of Erli, you are already one of the nine high officials. Your lord did not stay in the peaceful Huaixi city, but you invited yourself to this poor village to deal with the locust plague. If you accidentally got infected with the plague, your pride and ambition will be ruined. Why? What more do you want?" Zi Zhou calmly looked back at the gaze cast on him, "Going to ask a doctor who walks the rivers and lakes instead? Don't you think it's a bit strange?"

Lan Zhengchu replied indifferently: "The imperial court does not seek people for their own sake, and does not judge things based on their own strengths. Although an official in the court wants to know the male and keep the female. But the official believes that once you meet a confidant, you will be exhausted." Do your best."

"A confidant?" Zizhou said: "Does Lord Lan regard the current Holy Majesty as his confidant?"

"Why not?" Lan Zhengchu asked him back.

Zizhou shook his head and smiled, "It's just a little surprised!"

Lan Zhengchu fixedly stared into his eyes, as if looking for something in his unwavering eyes, his voice suddenly became low: "The identity is different, the responsibility is different. I don't think the young master is a lover. As a nosy person, the young master takes it as his duty to inherit the world, but he refuses to show his true colors to others, so I have to make this official suspicious of the young master's identity."

Zizhou didn't speak this time.

Lan Zhengchu smiled lightly, bright and beautiful, "I've always spoken straightforwardly, so you won't blame me, sir?"

"Doctors are benevolent, I just don't want to see people dying, or..." After speaking, Zizhou stood up, and said in a gentle voice: "The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world is for profit. Or you can I see you as ordinary people of fame and fortune, as for whether to adopt it or not, it is up to the adults, in order to save more lives, I hope that the adults will consider it carefully." After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, and Shi Shi ran away.

Kui Hongyi, who was a little surprised, asked, "Why did he leave?"

Lan Zhengchu propped his cheeks, and said thoughtfully: "Do as Mr. Zihu said, and execute it immediately."