The White Medicine of Rebirth

When the four of them arrived at the city lord's mansion, the city lord was receiving the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court.

Meandering Flow City is located in a remote place, so news comes and goes.By the time the imperial envoy hurried over, the originally bustling town was already dead silent.Fortunately, Yaolu also has a branch in this small town, and the news was passed on to Lin Chongying in time.Baiyao also happened to be traveling nearby, so he was able to immediately mobilize the food from the Bai family and the medicinal materials from the nearby branch of the medicine store to ease the shortage of supplies in Meandering City.Otherwise, even if there are doctors in the medicine hut to control the plague, the famine will come again before the plague is over.How could this devastated town withstand such a double blow?

Luo Zhanmei hugged Lin Chongying and found the wheelchair placed in the garden of the City Lord's Mansion.Carefully put the person on it and make sure he is seated before going to the back and slowly pushing the wheelchair.We decided to go to see the patient's condition first.

There are relatively few patients in the city lord's mansion, and they are all sick and almost ready to move. After they can move, they take the initiative to leave to make room for the doctor to have a place to work, so that they can treat the patients better.But after all, they haven't recovered yet, and they still have to take their medicines on time every day.So the city lord brought these patients to the mansion, and it was convenient for the doctor to take the pulse and prescribe medicine in one place.

The patients are all in the back garden, where the scenery is good, and everyone will feel better when they look at it.Mai Dong and a doctor in Tsing Yi were taking the pulse of the patients one by one, and beside the rockery, several doctors in blue were setting up a stove and boiling medicine.The drug boy in green clothes shuttled through the crowd with a medicine bowl.

The four of them stood in the corner, seeing the relaxed expressions on everyone's faces with smiles on their faces.It didn't bother them either.Now that these patients are all fine, there are some things that should be investigated.Meandering Flow City has not had any major disasters for more than a hundred years, not to mention the plague, but no one has experienced any weird and intractable diseases.Moreover, the plague mostly occurs in summer, and it is now late autumn.In any case, there is something strange about this plague.

The lobby of the city lord's mansion.The sound of the wheelchair rolling from the corridor interrupted the conversation between the city lord and the imperial envoy, and they both looked at the door.

"I don't know if the two of you ever felt that the plague outbreak in Meandering City was a bit strange?" Lin Chongying sat in a wheelchair and touched the gold thread wrapped around his wrist with a calm expression.

"This must be Doctor Lin! I have long admired her name! In Xiaquliu City, the lord, Qu Gufeng, is an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, Mr. Ji Yunzhi Ji." The older man introduced.

According to Qu Gufeng's introduction, the other younger man should be an imperial envoy. After Qu Gufeng finished speaking, he couldn't wait to speak, with an eager expression: "Sir, you think so too? To tell you the truth, sir, this time the emperor sent me to deliver food and medicinal materials. Besides, I think the outbreak of the plague is strange. I ordered me to investigate it secretly. Plague and other plagues have always caused relatively large casualties. After the old man of Xuegu developed some medicines to prevent it a hundred years ago, the imperial court has always had a special imperial doctor I have been in charge of this matter, and it has been quite effective for many years. The plague that broke out in Meandering Flow City this time is so sudden that it really makes people wonder if someone poisoned it secretly."

Qu Gufeng stroked his beard and nodded: "The imperial envoy was telling me about this just now. I am ashamed to say that I have been busy giving out porridge recently, so I didn't notice any suspicious people."

"Since we all suspect that this plague is man-made, I have a plan to lure out the people from the dark."

"What's Mr. Lin's plan? But it's okay to say!"

"Although I don't know why, since the other party poisoned him, he must come back to see how the casualties are. Even if he is guilty and dare not come back, we can let the wind out and lure him back. After he came back, he found that the plague did not cause much damage to Meandering City. The only thing that can be touched by the whole city is the Quhong River that crosses the Meandering City. Presumably the previous plague was also caused by the other party throwing dead rats that died of the plague into the river. It was caused in the Quhong River. The Quhong River is the only water source in the city. People use the water in the river to wash rice and vegetables. Once someone tampers with the water, the consequences will be disastrous. We just need to send some people to Waiting for the rabbit in the dark near the Honghe River, just wait for the rabbit to bump into it by itself!"

"Mr. is right. I will immediately send someone to guard the Quhong River."

Three days later.The people who had suffered from the plague were all well, and the whole city was full of vitality, and they could no longer see the rampant plague from before.

Because of the food and medicinal materials brought by Baiyao and Lin Chongying, none of the supplies brought by Ji Yunzhi were used, and they were all stored in the warehouse of Crooked Flow City.After the plague passed, and before the common people went home, Ji Yunzhi gathered them in the open space in front of the city lord's mansion, and read out the emperor's will.

Tax exemption for three years.

After the city lord led the people to accept the imperial decree and thank the emperor, everyone stood up and cheered!The people of Crooked Flow City feel that they are extremely lucky!Is there any place where no one will die after being hit by the plague?Meander City did it!What?You said that the old man whose condition has deteriorated and is still lying on the bed is still awake?When did you get the news? He was out of danger three days ago. Dr. Lin said that he would wake up in two days.

"This plague, not only did no one die, but there was no taxation for three years. It can be said to be a blessing in disguise!" An old man walked back slowly holding his grandson's hand, muttering: "Thanks to The doctors in the medicine house, if they hadn’t worked tirelessly to treat everyone, maybe many people would be gone now. The emperor is also a good emperor, knowing that our people are suffering, so he has exempted us from taxes for three years. These three years can save A lot of money, next year there will be enough money to send you to school! You study hard, and when you grow up, you will become a doctor and treat the world."

"I heard that there is still a war in the northwest. After returning, I will pack your bags for you. If you want to go, go! I won't stop you this time! You go to defend your home and country, and I will wait for you to come back at home." .” A young couple carried them back together.

Meandering Flow City has returned to its former prosperity.Vendors walking on the street and setting up stalls are bustling, and the sound of selling is endless.Everything is indistinguishable from before the plague.Even the wealthy families who had left with their fortunes at the beginning of the plague returned.They came back for the three-year tax exemption in Crooked River City.

Not to mention the other rich households.There is only one named Jia Renyi, who makes people hate it when they talk about it.His family runs a medicine store, and his way of dealing with the world is not like helping the world and saving people like a medicine house.When the plague broke out, it was understandable for him to flee with his belongings.Just before leaving, there was a shortage of medicinal materials in the city. The city lord came to the door with a lot of money, trying to buy the medicinal materials in his pharmacy for emergency, but he refused to sell them, saying that he would take them away.If he really took them away, everyone would have nothing to say, but he only picked out a few precious bags, and burned the rest in front of everyone.

Now as soon as he heard that Quyang City was exempted from taxes, this hypocritical benevolence was the first to come back.Everyone will spit hard when they pass by his house to relieve their anger.This fake benevolence and righteousness is too fucking impersonal!Jia Renyi didn't get angry at the scolding from the people in Crooked Liu City. He closed the gate as if he didn't know anything.

That night.The moonlight is hazy.

Under the moonlight, the Quhong River flows slowly, with dots of silver light shining on the surface of the river, looking beautiful on its own in the silent night.At the third watch, everyone in the city was already fast asleep.A figure sneaked up to the river, checked left and right to make sure there was no one there, took out a paper bag from his arms, opened it with trembling hands, and was about to pour the medicine powder in the paper bag into the river.At this time, a hand reached out from behind him and grabbed his wrist suddenly.

City Lord's Mansion.

"Is this the rabbit I bumped into?" After catching the poisoner, Ji Yunzhi, Qu Gufeng, Lin Chongying, Luozhangmei, and Baiyao all gathered in the City Lord's Mansion in the middle of the night.

"My lord, why should I arrest you? Is it a crime to go out for a walk if you can't sleep at night?" The man kneeling on the ground raised his head and questioned.That face was clearly that of Jia Renyi.

"Walking is not a crime, but you are guilty of throwing poison into the river while walking!" Qu Gufeng picked up a pack of medicine powder wrapped in paper, and signaled to Jia Renyi that he had the evidence in hand.

"You can arbitrarily convict me with just a packet of powder, and the little people don't accept it," Jia Renyi's eyes flashed with pride: "Could it be that I burned the medicinal materials and didn't sell them to you, so you held a grudge. That's why you are so wronged. I?"

Seeing the pride in Jia Renyi's eyes, Baiyao took a step forward and took the powder from Qu Gufeng's hand, took it under his nose and smelled it, then stretched out two fingers to pick up a little bit and twisted it twice, it felt like flour ?Thinking of this, Bai Yao's face showed a bit of perplexity.Seeing Baiyao's expression, Jia Renyi's eyes became more and more smug, and he thought to himself: Sure enough, he didn't lie to himself, even the little genius doctor couldn't see anything strange about this powder.

Baiyao shook the collected medicine powder back into the paper bag, and handed the paper bag to Lin Chongying: "This apprentice is incompetent, I don't see anything wrong."

"Take a bowl, and a bottle of water." Hearing what Lin Chongying said, knowing that this might be the key to cracking the medicine powder, Qu Gufeng hurriedly sent someone to fetch it.

Lin Chongying signaled Baiyao to pour half of the medicine powder in the paper packet into a bowl, then pour in clean water, and then stir: "Feed it to him when it's done!"

Hearing Lin Chongying's words, the pride in Jia Renyi's eyes suddenly disappeared, and a trace of panic appeared on his expressionless face after being caught: "You have no right to do this, even if it's flour, I can't eat it if I don't want to eat it." Force me!"

"Who told you it was made from flour?" Lin Chongying smiled softly: "Snow sand is white, powdery, tasteless, and non-toxic. It will melt when it meets water, and it will gradually become highly poisonous. The person who gave you the snow sand will definitely treat you I said, I’ve never seen this kind of poison, so it doesn’t matter if you get caught, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t know that I still have the guts to poison you.”

"He clearly said that not many people in the world know about this poison! Those who know are either dead, or they are hidden from the world and are just out of the world. How do you know?" Jia Renyi fell limply on the ground with a look on his face. I can't believe it.

"It's a pity, unfortunately, my master Xuegu old man is one of them. As his disciple, I naturally know this poison well. Do you want me to tell you, or do you consciously confess?"

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