Aggrieved Fish Sprite

There was a buzzing sound in the ink carp's mind, and many things that he couldn't understand were explained.

Why did he feel that the herbs collected in Mount Silang were different, and that the porridge that was cooked had a strange taste, and besides him, no one could feel the difference.

"...Don't be messy, the water and soil in Qiuling County may indeed be contaminated with poison, but the situation is not serious, we should still have time." Mo Li managed to regain his composure, circulated his internal energy, and walked for an hour very quickly Sunday.

Although he didn't eat a few mouthfuls these days, he still drank water.

The body is fine, nothing has changed.

Or the change is too slight to be noticed.

——The toxicity of water source and soil is still very slight. This kind of chronic poisoning is a process, which is difficult to detect at the beginning.

Mo Li said decisively: "Call Qiu Hong, and I'll take her pulse."

When Qiu Hong was brought here by Meng Qi, she didn't know what happened.

Mo Li was afraid of scaring her, so he didn't tell her the whole truth. He only said that the Si family might have dug underground water when they opened the mine, and it was necessary to find out whether it would affect the people of Qiuling County.

Qiu Hong was very angry when she heard this, but she knew that now was not the time to scold the Si family, so she simply stretched out her hand and rolled up her cuffs.

In these days, doctors usually touch the pulse of female relatives through a piece of cloth.

In order to avoid deviation, the cloth should not be too thick naturally.

But now in the wilderness, everyone is wearing thick clothes, and Qiu Hong is not the person who cares about these things.

Mo carp's habit is that if the patient is very concerned, he will follow the steps. If the patient doesn't care, or the patient's life is dying, he has no interest in studying the pulse with the compartment cloth.

One is straightforward, the other is calm, Ning Changyuan is thoughtful.

He didn't know Qiuhong's identity, but thought that this woman might be able to help.

Because of his ideal of changing the world and people's hearts, Ning Changyuan never ignores the power of anyone.

"Physical weakness, weak qi, physical strain... and other..." Mo Li didn't finish speaking, only said to Qiu Hong, "It's nothing serious, hatred is entangled in the heart, life and death are unavoidable."

Qiuhong is not sick, her problems are all left over from years of training.

"Is there any problem with the water source?" Meng Qi asked.

"It's not clear yet. I can't see any obvious symptoms from Qiuhong." Mo Li pondered, Qiuhong's health is not good, she is an ordinary person who doesn't know martial arts, and naturally nine and a half of the ten meridians are blocked, there is no major problem, A bunch of little problems.

"I can only confirm that the people of Qiuling County are not in danger of their lives for the time being."

Ning Changyuan heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Mo Li said again: "When the earthquake happened, I was in Qiuling County. There was a huge crack in the ground, and there was an unpleasant smell in it. Later, when I entered Silang Mountain, I was close to a crack that might be an abandoned mine. , although I didn’t smell anything, but I always felt uneasy, and I thought it was the aftermath of the earthquake that caused the crack to collapse.”

Meng Qi followed Dr. Mo to recall the situation at that time.

"What does mercury poisoning look like?" Meng Qi asked in a low voice, but Qiu Hong didn't hear it.

"Coma, red rashes appear on the body, and then fester, if it is caused by taking alchemist's medicine, there will be abdominal pain and bleeding..."

Mo Li paused, and suddenly realized that this was a serious poisoning phenomenon. Usually, when he came to see a doctor, it was basically like this. So what are the mild symptoms?Mo Li has no experience, and the medical books he read did not contain these contents. Many doctors in ancient times and even today still believe that cinnabar is non-toxic and a good medicine for curing diseases.

There are no alchemists in Zhushan County at all, and even the Taoist priests use chicken blood to draw talismans, and they will not spend money to buy cinnabar.

"We can't delay, we will return to Silang Mountain immediately."

***

Even though they met Ning Changyuan on the mountain road, and the group arrived at Qiuling County quickly, something happened to Mount Silang.

Because the theory of gold mines is prevalent in Pingzhou, there are really a group of people who ventured into Mount Silang in search of gold in order to get rich.

It is said that they found a tunnel suspected to be a gold mine, and excitedly drilled into it to dig, but after two days, various abnormalities appeared, headaches and fevers, many people saw hallucinations, kept yelling, and even attacked each other.

Because bones and fire were found in the tunnel, those who were still awake thought it was a ghost, so they quickly took out the prepared dog's blood and poured it on, but the result was of course useless.

In desperation, he had no choice but to withdraw, and then met the soldiers and horses under the command of General Dangkou who was searching the mountains to arrest the remnants of the Si family, and he was caught back.

In another trial, it was found that these people were bandits from Beinan County.

Since several neighboring counties came to provide relief, there were some doctors in Qiuling County, but they only knew about cinnabar and had never seen mercury, let alone what mercury poisoning was.

Seeing these bandits bleeding from the mouth, having a persistent high fever, and festering all over, they dared not even touch them.

Because the appearance is too scary, the news can't cover it at all.

When the ink carp rushed over, the simple camp outside the county seat was in chaos.

Many people are packing their things and wanting to leave in a panic.

"This is not an epidemic..."

Ning Changyuan just wanted to appease the people with a loud voice, but he closed his mouth again in the middle of speaking.

There is nothing wrong with making people leave Qiuling County by such a mistake.

"Why isn't it an epidemic? They're coughing up blood! They're still feverish!"

"Even if it's not an epidemic, it's still a ghost!"

There is only one thought in everyone's mind, which is to leave here as soon as possible, if they leave late, they may die.

Mo Li helped several people who were so crowded that they almost fell, including the elderly, children, and women.

He was outstanding in appearance, and he wanted to help others. Even the woman didn't blame him, and even advised him to leave as soon as possible.

Ning Changyuan's expression was very subtle, he could see that Mo Li's gang was real, but he also took the opportunity to catch the pulse of several people, and his movements were very fast, and he did it without any trace.

"How about it?"

"It's all normal, there is no obvious abnormality, and it seems that it has not spread to affect the people of Qiuling County." Mo Li replied.

At this moment, Meng Qi came back, his face was very good for General Liu's personal soldiers, he could get a lot of news without seeing Liu Dan at all.

After hearing what happened to those bandits, Mo Li didn't say a word, taking advantage of the chaos to visit the dying.

"...Once the mercury leaves the sealed container, it will dissipate naturally. If you inhale a small amount, it will not cause any serious problems. However, the abandoned mine tunnel is airtight. These people stayed in it for nearly two days. It can’t be lost, but it can’t be saved either.”

Ning Changyuan followed, he didn't know medical skills, but he knew how to make alchemy, and he was talking about the characteristics of mercury and his guess about the bandits' abnormalities.

"It is necessary to prevent the imperial court from taking over the Silang Mountain Gold Mine and preventing further excavation?"

"The Si family has almost exhausted the gold mine. Even if they take over, the gold they find will disappoint them. General Dangkou should report this matter to the court." Mo Li thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Again Or, the topography of Mount Silang has changed drastically, and there are still earthquakes every day, and the whole is sinking, and it is getting more and more difficult to abandon the mine."

Meng Qi stood beside him with arms folded, and winked at Mo Li when he heard this.

Ning Changyuan didn't pay attention to Meng Qi's actions, he asked in surprise: "The doctor went to the mountain before? Do you know that the mountain is sinking?"

Mo Li knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he nodded without explaining how he knew.

"Hey, General Dangkou's troops are still searching for the remnants of the Si family in Mount Silang." Meng Qi approached Mo Li, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Do you want me to go find Liu Qiandai?"

"……Need not."

Doctor Mo took a look at Meng Qi, thinking that although Liu Dan was seriously injured, he wouldn't be unable to get out of bed, obviously he was avoiding someone!

"Don't come to scare people." Mo Li said with a headache, "There is no Ningshen Pill now, what should I do if you suddenly have an attack?"

Mo Li's original intention was that he didn't want to fight with Meng Qi, nor did he want to meow like a cat.

However, these words sounded ambiguous, because they had a friendship and a common secret, and they were not strangers, so they spoke a lot more casually, and Mo Li didn't notice anything wrong. .

It was as if he had some intimate connection with the doctor.

——The doctor's responsibility to the patient, other explanations such as the care of the same clan, etc., were directly left behind by Meng Qi.

After leaving the camp, the three went to see the water source separately.

The result was the same, no poison was evident, but the ink carp didn't want to drink it.

This is probably the instinctive reaction of the dragon's veins, Doctor Mo thought, cinnabar, like mercury, is usually chronic poisoning, and it will take a long time to show signs.

Anyway, Mount Silang is uninhabitable.

"The bandit matter can be used." Meng Qi said without hesitation.

He was not like Mo Li, nor Ning Changyuan, who even frowned when he saw the miserable situation of the bandits.

"Whether it's the theory of ghosts or the disease, if people don't set foot on Mount Silang, don't dig at will, and don't dare to live near it, countless people can be saved."

After Meng Qi finished speaking, he asked Mo Li again: "By the way, what is the reason for the phantom they saw? Phosphorous fire?"

"No, when the poison of cinnabar, that is, the poison of mercury, occurs, it will become insane. It is recorded in the history books."

When Dr. Mo said this, Meng Qi also remembered that Emperor Li of the Chen Dynasty believed in the art of alchemy for longevity and took it himself. Although there were people who tried the medicine every time, the people who tried the medicine only took one pill, but the emperor took it every day. After a few years, he became extremely violent, always suspicious, thinking that someone was going to assassinate him, executed many palace officials and even courtiers for no reason, and finally left a bad name as a tyrant in the history books.

The beginning of the Chen Dynasty was not so decadent. In the early days of Emperor Li's reign, he was also known as a sage. History books only say that his temperament changed drastically when he got old, or that his nature was violent.In the eyes of the doctor, it was not the case. It was clearly poisoned by taking pills, and there was a mental problem.

Knowing why the bandits went crazy, Ning Chang Yuan felt reassured, and immediately found someone to spread the rumors.

Qiu Hong unexpectedly helped her. She had heard a lot of rumors in the market and knew what kind of remarks attracted the most attention.

This time, it happened that the story of the gold mine that had spread throughout Pingzhou could be used to cover Silang Mountain with a layer of mysterious and terrifying rumors.The evil done by the Si family is well known in the whole world, and those who died in vain seem to be transformed into ghosts, chasing their lives and souls.

After being so busy for three days, I saw that it was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

Qiuling County is not going to have a good time this year, and Ning Changyuan is too busy to be seen.

The ink carp hung on the tree and went into the mountain again.

"Does mercury affect mountain spirits?" Meng Qi asked slowly after him.

He will go wherever the doctor goes, and Mo Li is almost used to having such a person by his side.

The ink carp saw the tree from a distance, and found that it was still short and slender, with some weeds growing on the peak, swaying in the wind.

"It should be. Maybe the damage to the soil and water sources is also the reason for the collapse of the mountain spirit." The ink carp touched the trunk, and the branches tilted slightly, rubbing against the ink carp.

Meng Qi still remembered the tree shaving his own face, and deliberately said: "This mountain spirit looks very stupid."

"It doesn't have self-awareness, and it's normal to be a bit clumsy." Mo Li sighed. Now that I think about it, the dragon veins of Mount Silang haven't been enlightened for a long time, and it may also be poisoned by mercury.

People can be tortured to the point of insanity... Huh?

Mo Li suddenly raised his head to look at Meng Qi, who was startled by the doctor's scorching gaze.

"……What's wrong?"

Meng Qi first reacted and touched his face, then looked down at his clothes, but found nothing unusual.

"Doctor, your eyes are so scary." Meng Qi asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong with me?"

Mo Li's expression changed, and he said after a long while: "I remember hundreds of years ago, there was a custom of opening mountains as mausoleums, especially that Emperor Chen Li who died of taking pills. He exhausted the power of a country to build mausoleums, Lay out a lot of traps, all over gold, silver, pearls and jade?"

"That's what happened." Meng Qi was puzzled, not understanding why Mo Li mentioned this.

"He also imitated the Emperor Qin who destroyed the six kingdoms in ancient times, and made rivers, lakes and seas with mercury..."

"Yes, mercury was more expensive than gold in the early days, but now it is no longer possible." As soon as Meng Qi finished speaking, he felt his clothes tighten, and it was Mo Li who held him tightly.

"Doctor, what's the matter with you?"

"... Let's go to Taijing." Mo Li said word by word.

Taijing is the capital of several dynasties, and many emperors are buried near Taijing, and the tomb of Emperor Chen Li is no exception.