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Yao said: "My surname is Shen, and I have a single name, Yao."

Qilan immediately called him: "Ah Yao."

Shen Yao ate some pastries without even looking at her.It's not that he doesn't want to care about people, it's just that the pastries here are so delicious, he has never tasted such delicate food.The lotus cake was made into a small piece, which was crispy, soft and glutinous, with an endless fragrance. Shen Yao took one bite and ate a plate.

Qilan has never met any man before, and her interest in cakes... is far greater than her interest.She was surrounded by Chu Kairong all night, and right now, Chu Kairong was depressed and restless and said nothing, his guards turned towards the wall expressionlessly, and his friend Shen Yao was eating hard... Biggest frustration.

Shen Yao also asked: "Brother Chu, have you had dinner yet?"

Chu Kairong sighed: "Not yet."

Shen Yao got excited: "Then let's order some side dishes."

Chu Kairong nodded: "Alright."

Shen Yao pushed open the door and called Mr. Gui: "You serve a plate of roast goose, eight-treasure frog, red bean porridge, four sweet preserves..." He didn't forget to turn around and shout: "Qilan, what do you girls want to eat?" ? Whoever is rich, we don’t kill it for nothing.”

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☆, plague

Qilan pulled herself together and thought to herself: Shen Yao didn't respond to her just now, is it because she used the wrong method?When she saw Shen Yao for the first time, she felt that his words and deeds were reckless and ignorant of worldly affairs.So she called "Ayao" and looked shy and timid, which should make him treat him differently.

However, Shen Yao did not show any pity.

Qilan twirled the handle of her fan, and said politely: "Mr. Shen, don't we sisters all fall into your eyes?"

She pretended to test, and caught a glimpse of Chu Kairong out of the corner of her eye.Chu Kairong couldn't help laughing, Qilan walked behind Shen Yao, the tassels of the fan were like soft feathers, quietly brushing against his ears.

Shen Yao sat at the dining table by himself, waiting for the food to be served.

Qilan called him again: "Young Master Shen?"

Shen Yao pulled out a chair: "Sit down, don't stand still. You don't have to be polite to me."

Qilan thought to herself: He really doesn't like oil and salt.

Shen Yao couldn't hear her heart, so he asked casually, "Where are you from?"

Qilan smiled brightly: "I was born in Anjiang, and my family lives in the north of the city. My father was a scholar. My parents passed away when I was young, and I was entrusted to Qinlou by my uncle."

With a bag of pastries in his mouth, Shen Yao said vaguely, "Where is this foster care? Your uncle sold you here, so you're not a fucking person."

But Qilan said: "Father was fond of gambling when he was alive, and he lost all the seven acres of fertile land in the family. If uncle doesn't bring me here, I will be a slave and handmaid in the creditor's house, and I will be a lowly citizen."

She put out a fan, and the embroidered surface was a picture of mandarin ducks like brocade.

Shen Yao lowered his head and took a sneak peek, and said with emotion: "It's useless to embroider mandarin ducks if you make a mistake."

Qilan had read this poem, and immediately answered, "God knows? Love each other forever..."

Shen Yao pondered for a moment, then asked seriously: "Qilan, how much will it cost to redeem you?"

As soon as he finished saying this, Chu Kairong picked up his hairband and pulled it back: "Doctor Shen, I still think you are not enlightened, so you have learned to be sympathetic and cherish jade?"

Shen Yao put his head in his hands: "Oh? Did you hear what Qilan said just now?"

The wooden door of the room was pushed open, and the girls came in one after another to serve food.Chu Kairong tore off the wings of the roast goose and threw it into Shen Yao's bowl. He only drank a couple of mouthfuls of porridge before saying, "The girls are just teasing you. Her father is not a scholar, and the family has no debts. She is the eldest daughter of the bustard."

Qilan shook her fan and apologized, "Young Master Shen is laughing at you."

Shen Yao raised his hand, scratched his hair, and got serious with her: "Why did you lie to me just now?"

The girl clung to his ear, exhaling like blue: "In order to win the sympathy of the young master."

Shen Yao suddenly stood up and stepped back a foot.He felt like he was being played like a monkey.Brothers often say that when you go out and walk in the rivers and lakes, you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must not have the heart of guarding against others, so what happened to him being cheated?

Although he himself often lied, but it was out of necessity.

Shen Yao let out a muffled cough, went back to his seat, and buried himself in his meal in silence.

Chu Kairong saw him like this, he had been growing up in a remote town, he had never traveled far, and he had never seen the rivers and lakes, so he was indeed a bit cramped in a small family.He added food to Shen Yao a few times, and Shen Yao ate very deliciously, as if he had never eaten in eight lifetimes.

Before leaving, Shen Yao secretly asked for a clean food box, put his untouched half of the roast goose in it, and picked up a jug of unopened good wine, and said to himself: "Can I take it back? Can."

Chu Kairong couldn't help joking: "Doctor Shen, why are you so frugal?"

Shen Yao said with a smile: "Today you are the host and invite me to eat and drink, so I won't argue with you, so as not to hurt the friendship."

He felt that his words were well-timed and well-timed.

Returning to the inn late at night, Xu Xingxiu lay on the bed to sleep peacefully, while Wei Lingfeng stood outside the room.The cool night wind blew his clothes loose, and he saw Chu Kairong and Shen Yao walking side by side, their expressions changed slightly, and they were hidden in the deep darkness.

Wei Lingfeng asked, "Where did you go? You just came back now."

Shen Yao ran towards him: "Senior brother, look at what I brought you?"

Wei Lingfeng replied calmly: "Roast goose?"

Shen Yao hooked his shoulders with him: "Exactly. Brother, do you want to eat it while it's hot? I wrapped it in my arms and brought it back, it's still not cold."

Wei Lingfeng shirked and refused to accept.

Chu Kairong laughed from the side: "Your good intentions are in vain, Dr. Shen."

He glanced at Wei Lingfeng, then at Shen Yao, and said unclearly: "Qilan asked me to ask you, what do you think of her? Do you blame her for lying to you tonight?"

Shen Yao quickly shook his head and said politely: "No, she is a good girl."

Chu Kairong asked again: "Today in Qinlou, are you having a good time?"

Shen Yao first agreed: "Careful..."

Before he could say the next words, Chu Kairong interrupted: "That's good. If we have time in the future, we will go together again."

After finishing speaking, Chu Kairong left gracefully.

Shen Yao entered the room with the roast goose and wine jug in his hands.Xu Xingxiu smelled the fragrance, woke up slowly from his sleep, grabbed Shen Yao's food box, and asked him to pour wine for himself. The two drank and guessed under the moonlight, leaving Wei Lingfeng alone in the corridor to blow the wind.

When Shen Yao was half drunk and half awake, he glanced out of the window, but he couldn't find Wei Lingfeng.

Where is Wei Lingfeng?

Shen Yao half-supported his forehead, the spirit of alcohol was on his mind, and he couldn't figure it out more and more.

When the sky is full of stars, the moonlight is just right.Thin clouds were like mist, still and scattered. Wei Lingfeng was wearing a single shirt, sitting on the eaves of the top floor, as if walking on flat ground.He looked up at the moon, thinking of the conversation between Chu Kairong and Shen Yao.

Chu Kairong asked Shen Yao: What do you think of Qilan?

Shen Yao replied: She is a good girl.

Chu Kairong also asked: Is it fun in Qinlou today?

Shen Yao replied: Have fun.

That night, Wei Lingfeng slept on the roof and did not return to his room.

The next day was bright, and Shen Yao stayed in bed.

In a haze, he heard the voice of Xu Xingxiu talking to Wei Lingfeng: "Mrs. Chu said that we will stay in Anjiang City for seven days."

Wei Lingfeng asked in a low voice: "Why seven days? It delayed our trip."

Xu Xingxiu sighed: "How can I guess Madam Chu's thoughts? But Anjiang City is a good place, there is a martial arts gym on South Street, and there is a competition every seven days."

He rubbed his fingers: "A few days ago, the martial arts masters beat fiercely, and the doctors couldn't cure them. How about you and I disguise themselves to treat them? Just take it as a way to earn some money. money for the journey."

Wei Lingfeng pondered: "If Mrs. Chu notices..."

Xu Xingxiu said casually: "Although in name, we should obey the No. [-] estate in the world. However, you and I have never met the owner of the estate until today. What's more, Mrs. Chu... let us live in a side room, and the leftovers are cold every day. , Thinking about it, he didn't regard us as some kind of person, let alone fuss over trivial matters with us."

He grabbed Wei Lingfeng's wrist: "Elder brother, just listen to me, the money we earn, even if we buy a roast goose for Shen Yao."

Wei Lingfeng nodded in agreement.

Soon after, they went out wearing bamboo hats.

Shen Yao jumped up from the bed and wrapped a turban around himself.He followed Xu Xingxiu and Wei Lingfeng, and calmly walked towards South Street.The streets and alleys here are somewhat different - Shen Yao found that many women, children and middle-aged men were sitting on the side of the road, sweating on their foreheads, and their eyes were loose.

He didn't care about the two senior brothers, walked closer and asked: "This brother?"

A certain man answered, "Huh?"

Shen Yao introduced: "I am a doctor from other places."

The man laughed and said, "Doctor, what can you do?"

Shen Yao pointed to the people around him: "Brother, what's the matter?"

The man didn't take it seriously: "It's June, so it's hot."

Shen Yao frowned: "May I have a pulse?"

The man rolled up his sleeves and held out his arms to him.

Shen Yao sat cross-legged, with three fingers resting on his wrists, looking, hearing and asking.

The more carefully he observed, the tighter his brows became, until later, he said with absolute certainty: "It's definitely not hot, it's more like an epidemic."

The man stopped and straightened his clothes, seeming a little annoyed: "The old doctors in the pharmacy said it was hot. You are a young man from other places, you disguised yourself as a doctor, wore a turban, and said some gossip to confuse people, but to make money? "

Shen Yao pointed to the sky with two fingers: "I swear, if there is even half a false statement, the sky will be struck by lightning."

The man is still resentful.

Shen Yao had no choice but to run quickly and catch up with his two senior brothers.

Wei Lingfeng's medical skills are better than Shen Yao's.He naturally noticed the vision in the city, and said: "There is no sign of it in the north city, but there is already such a scene in the south city."

Xu Xingxiu said: "The masters in the martial arts hall have been ill for a long time, and they can't adjust their inner breath. I'm afraid it's not because of skin trauma."

Wei Lingfeng stopped suddenly: "Why did Mrs. Chu stay in the city for seven days?"

Xu Xingxiu's back turned cold: "You mean, she did it on purpose?"

Wei Lingfeng didn't make a sound.Xu Xingxiu spat: "The most poisonous thing is a woman's heart."

The two stood silently on the long street.Shen Yao ran towards them from afar and shouted: "Senior Brother! Senior Brother!"

Wei Lingfeng turned his head and looked back at him silently.

Shen Yao wiped the sweat from his forehead.With a sigh of relief, he put his hands behind his back and said seriously: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon."

The three of them thought together that they couldn't sit idly by.However, going directly to Mrs. Chu is the next best option. It is better to go to the rich businessmen in the city--nameless pawns in the rivers and lakes, who are not qualified to be received at all.

After thinking about it, Wei Lingfeng took his two juniors and visited the largest pharmacy in the city.

The owner of the pharmacy is an old man in his sixties.He has four sons and looks after the business.The youngest son is named Huang Banxia, ​​who has just turned eighteen this year, and since he is the same age as Shen Yao, he still doesn't believe what they say.

Shen Yao insisted: "The plague will break out, and it will spread from the south city to the north city in three days."

Huang Banxia laughed loudly: "Yesterday, a group of people came to my house to prescribe medicine. They said that their limbs are strong, their ears are clear and their eyes are clear, and their physical condition has improved."

Shen Yao shook his head: "This is not a good sign."

Huang Banxia lost his patience, picked up the broom, and drove away: "The city was too hot in the past, and we can see each other in a few days. You poor outsiders, don't want to lose the reputation of my pharmacy!"

Shen Yao stood in front of Wei Lingfeng and raised his voice: "If more and more people get sick after three days, what should you do?"

Huang Banxia put down her broom, raised her chin, and said arrogantly: "I will recognize you as the eldest brother!"

Huang Banxia and Shen Yao hid in the corner arguing, the others were far away and could only hear a few words from them.

Shen Yao and Huang Banxia clapped their hands together as an oath, and said: "Okay! Once you say a word, it's hard to follow. When the time comes, you will bow to me, perform a foot ceremony, kneel on the ground, kowtow and call me big brother three times."

☆、Natural Disasters ([-])

Huang Banxia's father has been running a pharmacy for many years, and he is considered a respectable figure in Anjiang City.

Ten years ago, Huang Banxia's father rescued a dying old woman.The old woman came back to life like a dead tree in spring. Since then, Huang Banxia's father has been honored as "Huang Xian Doctor" by some people.

Huang Banxia is proud of his father, and even more proud of his father.

The summer heat in Anjiang City was also the result of his father's own diagnosis.

But now, a few outsiders in coarse clothes talk about the plague as soon as they enter the door, ignoring the facts, what is their intention?

Thinking of this, Huang Banxia became more and more annoyed: "If you lose the bet, lie on the ground, stick up your butt, let me kick three times hard, and then kowtow to me for mercy!"

Shen Yao rubbed his two fingers and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, I didn't mean you, why do you have that... habit of kicking people's butts?"

Huang Banxia's face turned red: "Bah, your thoughts of a foreigner are really dirty."

Shen Yao approached him step by step, forcing him back into a corner: "Oh? You spout blood. You are the one who likes to kick people's butts. Why is it me who likes to kick people's asses?"

Huang Banxia clenched her broom tightly and straightened her chest: "Don't argue!"

Shen Yao put his hands on his shoulders.

Huang Banxia trembled all over, and scolded him loudly: "Shameless boy! Don't think that using crooked martial arts will make me submit to you!"

But Shen Yao said: "Ah Huang, I don't know martial arts at all."

Huang Banxia breathed a sigh of relief, brushed Shen Yao's hand away ferociously, with a solemn and harsh expression, awe-inspiring and inviolable: "Why did you put your hand on my shoulder?"

Shen Yao patted the grass clippings on his shoulder: "I'm kind, I want to help you tidy up your clothes."

Huang Banxia was stunned for a moment, and a heavy "hum" came out of his nose.

Shen Yao ignored him.

After a while, Huang Banxia uttered again: "Huh!"

Shen Yao tucked his hands into his sleeves, glanced at him, and warned, "Stop moaning, the snot is about to come out."

Huang Banxia thought she was humiliated by Shen Yao.He raised the broom in anger, waved his hands, and greeted Shen Yao's face.Shen Yao's reaction was half a beat slow. He was in a daze when he suddenly felt that someone was pulling his collar and moving him back a foot.

He turned around and saw that it was Wei Lingfeng.

Wei Lingfeng still held a teacup in his other hand.The person who poured tea for him was none other than Huang Banxia's father, the "Huang Immortal Doctor" in Anjiang City.

Wei Lingfeng knocked the teacup on the table, and sighed: "Doctor Huang, I know you have concerns. The epidemic is urgent, and human lives are at stake. If we fight for a while, more people in the city will suffer."

He put out a hanging copper coin: "I still need some medicinal materials..."

There happened to be a pair of paper and pen next to it, and Wei Lingfeng wrote down the prescription with a pen.

Before Wei Lingfeng finished writing, Huang Banxia suddenly rushed over and pushed Wei Lingfeng away: "Okay, so you waited here? You heard that my father was kind, so you forced us to sell it at a low price under the guise of the plague. Medicinal ingredients?"

Huang Banxia grabbed the copper coins on the table, tore apart the string, and threw a handful of copper coins outside: "Go away! You bastards, go as far as you can!"

The copper coins were scattered all over the ground.

The passer-by stooped to pick it up, put it in his pocket, and ran away quickly.

Shen Yao was startled at first, but later he caught up with one of them and scolded: "You fucking pay back the money! It's not your money, what are you picking up? You run so fast, are you rushing to reincarnate or give birth?"

The man turned around and said back: "Where are you a rascal? How dare you frame your grandfather and me? You don't even go to the street to inquire..."

Shen Yao grabbed his sleeve.

Unexpectedly, this man is a practicing family boy, he threw Shen Yao to the ground and stepped on it by the way.

Shen Yao was so angry that he swore: "In three days, if you have a sudden illness, I will never save you."

The man didn't care, and said with a hearty smile: "Remember your grandfather's name, East Street Overlord Wu Jiuyi. You dare to grab my money. If I see you next time, I will beat you first."

Shen Yao thought in his heart: Wu Jiuyi, his mother, is unreasonable and unrighteous.

After a while, Xu Xingxiu ran here, helped Shen Yao up, and asked him: "Little brother, are you in serious trouble?"

In their alchemy school, the sentence "You are in serious trouble" is like "Have you eaten yet?" The answer is not important at all.Xu Xingxiu didn't wait for Shen Yao to open his mouth at all, felt his pulse with his fingertips, and immediately said in relief: "It's okay, junior brother, get up quickly, don't lie on the ground."

Shen Yao closed his eyes tightly and adjusted his breathing: "Brother Xu, I'm telling you the truth..."

Xu Xingxiu frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Yao suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at Xu Xingxiu: "I, Shen Yao, the tenth generation disciple of the Dan Medicine School, am so angry that I am about to smoke."

Shen Yao pointed to himself: "Be kind as a donkey's liver and lungs. Whether it's the people from that pharmacy, the passers-by at the door of the pharmacy, or Wu Jiuyi, it's not a damn thing!"

Xu Xingxiu lifted up his robe and sat beside Shen Yao.

He heard Shen Yao complaining: "We are running around, and we can't earn any money, just to keep them alive! Nancheng is dangerous, and we have been stranded for a long time. Maybe we are sick and have to argue with others. Misunderstood, kicked out..."

Xu Xingxiu pulled Shen Yao's wrist, signaling him not to continue complaining.

Shen Yao waved his hand: "Senior Brother Xu, are you going to teach me the same rhetoric as Senior Brother?"

He lowered his voice and muttered to himself: "I'm actually familiar with all the teachings of the elder brother."

Xu Xingxiu smiled, and scratched Shen Yao's nose: "When have you ever seen me teach you a lesson with the words of a big brother?"

Shen Yao raised his eyebrows.

Xu Xingxiu sat in a precarious position: "Yes, Ah Yao, you are the tenth generation disciple of the Alchemy School. The master loves you, and the brothers protect you. Today, I want to teach you a few words."

Shen Yao bowed his head and listened attentively.

Xu Xingxiu said softly: "It is ominous for those who see Yuanyu, and disaster for those who are wise and hidden."

Shen Yao asked him, "What do you mean?"

Xu Xingxiu held up a branch and made gestures on the ground: "This sentence comes from "Liezi·Shuo Fu". It means that if you can see how many fish there are in the water and how many bad luck you will have in the future, it is unknown." trillion."

Shen Yao understood a thing or two, and his stiff back relaxed.

Xu Xingxiu went on to say: "If you don't want to help others resolve disasters, you will resent yourself for not doing good. If you are willing to help others resolve disasters, it seems to come with bad luck. Others can't tell which is the cause and which is the effect." .”

He asked softly, "Ah Yao, do you understand?"

Shen Yao was dejected: "After all, isn't it just me who is the most unlucky?"

Xu Xingxiu shook his head: "The promise of a thousand men is not as good as the astonishment of a man."

The meaning of this sentence is that it is not as good as a person's sober and outspoken words to follow what the masses say.

Shen Yao grabbed Xu Xingxiu's sleeve: "Oh? Senior brother Xu, I remember last night, you told me that Mr. Chu went to whoring. We have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and we will make money from it when he gets sick. .”

Xu Xingxiu shrugged and smiled: "Yes, it's harmless to get a little favor. A saint is not perfect, how can you ask yourself to be perfect in everything?"

He stood up again, and pulled Shen Yao up: "Let's go! Senior brother is still waiting for us."

That night, when Shen Yao returned to his residence, he heard the gossip of the guests.

One of the customers said: "I rushed to the morning market today. On the way back, I felt dizzy and dizzy. I didn't know which muscle was wrong, and I felt uncomfortable all over."

Another guest took a bite of hot food and replied calmly: "My mother-in-law is the same as you. This is a sign of heat. You can ask the doctor to prescribe a medicine, and you will see better in three to five days."

Sitting at the next table was a strong man with a beard, wearing a lun scarf, and his body was tall.He took the opportunity to talk: "Your mother-in-law will recover immediately after taking the medicine?"

"It's three-point poison! How can I recover immediately?"

"It's not what you said just now, you can see each other in three to five days?"

A few people quarreled and made a lot of noise.

Shen Yao passed by them, couldn't help but stop, and interjected: "Do you really think that it's summer heat?"

The bearded man was the first to understand, and opened his eyes angrily: "It's not the heat, could it be...someone poisoned the city?"

Shen Yao covered his forehead and lied: "I don't know, I'm also fainted."

He coughed feebly, walking like a drunk.He stabilized the pillars in the store, and said weakly: "Two years ago, I suffered from heat, and the feeling was different from today."

The house was silent.

Shen Yao's cheeks were flushed and his breath was short of breath because of his emotional anger. He really looked like a terminally ill patient: "The doctors in Nancheng said that this is just a minor illness... I have been taking the medicine for three days and I can't move around. Did I encounter something? Quack doctor?"

With strong personal grievances, he scolded: "It must be a quack doctor!"

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☆、Natural Disasters ([-])

Shen Yao scolded all the doctors in Nancheng with one sentence, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of others.

The most famous doctor in Nancheng is the "Yellow Immortal Doctor".

Doctor Huang Xian is a decent man with high morals and high prestige, which is completely incompatible with the word "quack doctor".Therefore, as soon as Shen Yao spoke, someone asked him: "Brother, do you live in the south city or the north city?"

Shen Yao chuckled, but did not answer.

The man said to himself, "I see that you seem to be from a foreign land."

"So what?" Shen Yao strolled away, "I only got this strange disease after entering the city."

He lightly said: "All of you chivalrous men are not afraid of death. I am different from you. I am very afraid... In my opinion, within two days, this strange disease will cause death."

Shen Yao's words became a prophecy.

That night, news came from Nancheng Martial Arts Hall that two martial arts masters coughed and vomited blood, and died suddenly.The corpse turned purple and was stranded in the house. The owner of the martial arts hall found a monk from a nearby temple overnight to save the soul of the deceased.

Martial arts masters pay attention to regulating their internal energy and are physically strong, far better than ordinary people.

But those two masters died of strange illnesses due to a mysterious illness. Early the next morning, the news of the death spread throughout Anjiang City, and people were immediately panicked.

At noon that day, a group of knight-errants gathered at the entrance of the martial arts hall, and came to ask the master of the martial arts hall for an explanation.

Everyone insisted on their own opinions, arguing endlessly.

Later, someone discovered a strong stench coming from a mansion adjacent to the martial arts hall.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the sun is clear, and the smell in the wind is indescribable, drifting to every corner.

When Shen Yao heard about this, he immediately asked: "Is that family okay?"

The waiter at the inn told him: "It's not good, it's going to be a big trouble!"

Shen Yao had already guessed the result.He was half doubtful, half sure: "Is it extinct?"

Xiao Er shook his head and sighed: "It's all dead, it's all dead."

Shen Yao just wanted to find out the clues, but Xiaoer avoided this topic very much.

The government sent yamen servants to seal off the martial arts hall and the mansion, and took away the owner of the martial arts hall. The case was handed over to the local county magistrate for decision.Before the truth came out, the owner of the martial arts gym died in prison.

In just one day, more than ten people in the city were killed.

Shen Yao originally thought that for this sake, men, women and children would all be more sober.Unexpectedly, he had only walked around the vegetable market when he heard people say: the place in the martial arts hall is haunted by ghosts, it is very evil, and the man's yang energy cannot be suppressed.So, the evil spirits came out day and night and took away more than a dozen lives.

At first, this absurd reason comforted the hearts of most people.

But at night, several other families were in distress.

As the watchman wandered the streets, he could hear a mix of wailing, screaming, and wailing.

Shen Yao, Wei Lingfeng and others all lived in the side room of the inn, which was just facing the street. The paper windows were broken and broken, and the noises from outside were clear. How could Shen Yao sleep?He turned over and sat up, exhaling a foul breath.

Senior brother Xu Xingxiu also woke up.

Xu Xingxiu lit an oil lamp and protected the wick with his hands.In the swaying night wind, he said: "You die before you leave the teacher."

Shen Yao scolded: "Bah, bad luck."

Xu Xingxiu smiled calmly: "I am teasing you."

"That's not necessarily the case," Shen Yao raised his head, showing a canine tooth, "The plague is coming fiercely, we can't avoid it. If we want to fight, we can only fight for luck. If my luck is not good... maybe I will die in a foreign land , exactly what happened to me.”

In the dim moonlight, Xu Xingxiu seemed to have closed his eyes.

Wei Lingfeng brought half a basin of cold well water and put it on the table.He picked up a coarse cloth, dipped it in water, wet it, and washed his face.

Shen Yao couldn't help joking: "Brother, do you still have the mind to wash your face?"

Wei Lingfeng called him: "Come here, I'll wipe it for you too."

Shen Yao swayed over in a daze.

Wei Lingfeng grabbed his collar and covered his face with a soaked coarse cloth, as if washing dishes, and rubbed his cheeks carefully, and it was quite clean, as if dispelling the pent-up emotions in his heart. resentment.

In such an instant, Shen Yao was refreshed and refreshed.

Wei Lingfeng opened the cabinet again, and took out three steamed buns and a bowl of cold leftovers.He greeted the two juniors: "Let's have a supper first, eat quickly, there are a lot of important things waiting for us."

Shen Yao broke off the steamed bun and asked while eating: "What's the matter?"

With his hands behind his hands, Wei Lingfeng replied, "Autopsy."

The disciples of the alchemy school must pass the first hurdle first, which is the autopsy.

The north wing of the Danyi School is unoccupied all year round.The house is close to the cave in the deep mountain. The cave is naturally formed, and it is cold all year round. There is a century-old ice hidden in the cave, and there are several corpses of unknown people.

Back then, when Shen Yao was not yet ten years old, three senior brothers brought him into the cave to study the tendons and bones of a corpse.

The senior brother warned him: Disciples of the elixir school should not only memorize thousands of medicinal materials, but also be familiar with various muscles, bones, acupuncture points, and internal organs.

That being said, Shen Yao has never seen the remains of a violent death.He, Wei Lingfeng, and Xu Xingxiu covered their face scarves and put on their bamboo hats, and sneaked into the long street late at night.

Soon, they found beggars who died in vain on the street.

Wei Lingfeng carried a sharp dagger with him.

After unsheathing, the dagger flashed coldly.

Wei Lingfeng raised his hand and gently waved his sleeves, moved the beggar's body, and placed it horizontally on the steps.He peeled off the beggar's ragged clothes, and slowly cut the dagger along the throat of the deceased to the chest, and blood flowed out in an instant.

Xu Xingxiu said with emotion: "Sure enough, what they said is correct. The dead are all purple."

Wei Lingfeng added: "Weakness and weakness before death, repeated high fever, coughing up blood, edema..."

The pungent stench rushed towards him, and Wei Lingfeng and the others remained motionless.

Shen Yao took out another dagger from his sleeve.He cut open the waist of the corpse, split the ribs, and his breathing gradually became short of breath.He was about to speak, when suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes clattering behind him.

"Go!" Wei Lingfeng made a decisive decision.

He rushed into the darker corner of the night.

Shen Yao was agile and followed closely behind.

Xu Xingxiu was in deep thought, his reaction was a beat slower.He raised his sleeves, and before he had time to escape, there was an angry shout in front of him: "Who is here?"

With the bright moon in the sky, Xu Xingxiu was dressed in black and stood against the wind.

Those riding horses are government servants.The leading yamen servant is over thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and awe-inspiring righteousness.Holding the knife in one hand and the reins of the horse in the other, he said in a loud voice, "You are sneaking around in the street alone in the middle of the night. What are you doing? If you don't make a sound, I will punish you as a felony!"

Shen Yao watched this scene, restless and restless.He wanted to run back several times, but was stopped by Wei Lingfeng.

Shen Yao was moved with emotion and understood it with reason: "Look at Xu Xingxiu, he usually speaks very sharply, but now he can't utter a word. If I don't go out to help him, his brain will make people chipped."

Wei Lingfeng ordered four words: "Wait and see what happens."

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, Xu Xingxiu took out a wooden sign: "Your Excellency, you are aware. I am Mrs. Chu's personal attendant, and I have been a doctor and a clerk."

As expected, the yamen servant lowered his tone, and his attitude was quite polite: "Mrs. Chu?"

Xu Xingxiu clasped his fists at him, bent slightly and said, "It's the Chu family in the capital. My son Chu Kairong... He visited Anjiang City a few days ago, if you don't mind, you can go back to the inn with me, my son has not rested yet. "

The yamen servant waved his hand and slammed his whip: "Mr. Chu is not sleeping late at night, what is the matter?"

Xu Xingxiu straightened his back and looked straight at him: "Mr. Chu has a kind heart, and he doesn't want to hear the cries on the street."

The yamen servant didn't answer any more.He led many followers and rode away. Xu Xingxiu looked at the direction where their backs disappeared. It seemed to be... the gate leading to Anjiang City?

He had a bold guess in his mind.

For a moment, he shuddered.

Before dawn, in Moss Alley in Nancheng, several reckless warriors packed their bags and planned to leave Anjiang City as soon as possible.

The warriors had insight into the opportunity and already had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.Moreover, most of them are lonely and poor, and they have long been accustomed to eating and sleeping in the open, and they can go on the road with their bags on their backs.

They hurried to the road out of the city, only to see that the gates of the city were tightly closed and the guards were heavily guarded.

The guards are a group of government servants carrying knives, wearing official hats and long black clothes.Just looking at their breathing, breathing, and standing posture, they are not considered martial arts masters.

Relying on their high-strength skills, the warriors ordered the servants to open the door and let themselves out.But the yamen servants were loyal to their duties, so naturally they refused, and the two groups immediately drew their swords at each other, blood spattering on the spot.

The battle was getting bigger and bigger, both sides seemed to have met a deadly enemy, their swords collided, and their bodies were covered in blood.

After a while, archers stood on the tower, shooting arrows in unison.

None of the warriors were spared, and their bodies lay lying inside the city gate, looking heroic and mournful.

It wasn't until the next morning that Shen Yao learned that Anjiang City had been sealed.Outsiders are not allowed to enter, and common people are not allowed to leave the city.

Wei Lingfeng boiled a pot of water, and wrote lightly: "You can't blame the government. The epidemic broke out and it was difficult to contain. The doctors couldn't find out the cause, and the pharmacists couldn't make a list. The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the open... There is no other way but to close the city."

Xu Xingxiu picked up a cup of boiling water to make tea.He seemed not afraid of death, and smiled happily: "Do you think that the magistrate is a Qingtian elder? He knew that closing the city would be a dead end, so he sent yamen servants and archers."

"No way, no way," Shen Yao knocked on the chessboard, "Anjiang City is so close to Liangzhou, if the plague spreads to Liangzhou, ten of his heads wouldn't be enough to cut off. So, if he kneels, he will die. If he doesn't kneel, he will die. It's also death, so naturally we have to stand and wait for death."

Xu Xingxiu put down his cup and asked him: "Junior brother, do you have any countermeasures?"

Shen Yao clenched his hands into fists: "Last time in that shitty Huangxian doctor's pharmacy, the senior brother left a prescription. I don't know if that shitty Huangxian doctor threw away the prescription. If they didn't throw it away, use it Yes, at least it can be delayed for a few days, and the death will be slower."

The first time in Shen Yao's life that he learned "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive" was exactly today.As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the corridor, and he vaguely heard Huang Banxia's voice.The man shouted: "Doctor Shen!"

Xu Xingxiu sighed: "Tit for tat."

Huang Banxia couldn't see Shen Yao, she didn't want to give up, she called out several times: "Doctor Shen!"

Wei Lingfeng walked over to open the door.

After two days of not seeing each other, Huang Banxia's arrogance was wiped out.When he saw Wei Lingfeng, he could only lower his head and say, "Doctor Wei..."

Wei Lingfeng asked him, "Is your father at the pharmacy today?"

Huang Banxia flicked his sleeves and was about to kneel down when Shen Yao came out from behind Wei Lingfeng and calmly said: "Okay, okay, don't stay at the door of our house. If you don't come to me, I will naturally I will look for you. In the whole city, your family has the most medicinal materials."

Huang Banxia's heartstrings relaxed, and he complimented: "Young Master Shen is magnanimous."

Shen Yao shrugged: "Ah, by the way, Ah Huang, please call me big brother first."

Huang Banxia's expression froze.

"Why?" Shen Yao put a hat on him, "The Huang family, who are in business, swore an oath with a foreigner, can they keep their promises?"

Huang Banxia is young after all.He was hit by Shen Yao's words and swallowed hard.He turned his back to them and walked in front, passing a long street that was once bustling and bustling but now bleak and deserted. In the end, he yelled three times: "Brother!"

"Oh?" Shen Yao replied with a smile, "Look, from today onwards, I have taken in an extra younger brother."

☆、Natural Disasters ([-])

Along the way, Shen Yao never tired of it.

Shen Yao often shouted: "Ah Huang?