Jun You Ji Fou

The wild hills outside Chang'an are silent, and a little light is dimly lit in the dark night.

Du Yue put down the small shovel, lowered his head and concentrated on studying the herb in his hand.Qin Zhao squatted down with him, and moved the lantern closer so that he could see more clearly.

After looking back and forth, Du Yue laughed, "Hey, I finally found it. It's not in vain that I ran to dig the mountain in the middle of the night." He got up, carefully wiped off the soil on the roots, and lifted the bag to Qin Zhao. Lift your chin, "Thank you!"

"It's okay." Qin Zhao stood up and looked at the unremarkable Bicao, "Is this what you were looking for?"

"That's it?" Du Yue pressed his voice to imitate his flat tone, "Do you know what's the use of this?"

Qin Zhao shook his head.

"My master has a unique secret recipe! Just this one plant, if I make it into medicine, I will be able to bring down both you and Chu for a few months!" Du Yue triumphantly shook the herb, "Are you afraid?"

"Master Ye is really good." Qin Zhao nodded.

"Damn, Qin Zhao, I really can't talk to you anymore." Du Yue rolled his eyes, wrapped the medicinal herbs, and was about to take them back into his arms but was pulled back by Qin Zhao. He wondered, "What are you doing?" Well?"

Qin Zhao held his wrist with one hand and pulled it to his eyes, took out the Fangjing handkerchief with the other hand, and wiped his dusty hands carefully.

Du Yue spread out his palms and let him serve him with peace of mind.There was a faint buzzing of insects in the mountains, and Du Yue stared at Qin Zhao's drooping eyebrows boredly. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Qin Zhao, you suddenly remind me of my cousin."

The hand holding his wrist tightened immediately, Qin Zhao regained his composure in time, restrained himself from pinching him, was silent for a while, and then whispered: "He also treated you like this?"

"Almost." Du Yue thought for a while, "But my cousin usually just handed me the handkerchief and didn't wipe it for me. My mother told him not to spoil me, or he would beat me up."

Qin Zhao didn't say a word, but carefully wiped away the little dust between his fingers.

"I just think about it. I was beaten all day when I was a child. It's not like my cousin. He writes well, reads well, and has a good temper. My mother always tells me to learn from him." Du Yue fell into memory. , suddenly said: "Hey, no, my cousin seems to have been beaten once, and it was very serious. It stands to reason that my cousin was obedient since childhood, but that uncle didn't know why he used family law against him, and he gave birth to a big boy. I was so angry that I was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for a few days with bloodstains all over my back. My aunt cried in distress for several days. My mother scared me at that time, saying that if I was disobedient, she would send me to my uncle's house."

"Okay." Qin Zhao took back the veil and let go of his wrist.

"En." Du Yue picked up the small shovel on the ground and packed it up, "Go back!"

Qin Zhao nodded and followed behind him, the mountains and forests in the night were as dark as a charm.The wind swayed the trees, and there was a rustling sound. Qin Zhao's eyes froze suddenly, he handed the lantern to Du Yue, raised his hand to block him behind him, and stared warily into the distance.

I don't know, so it was only for a moment, and then Du Yue heard the sound of running in a hurry, accompanied by more and more heavy panting sounds, one after another, he was almost out of breath, and he could vaguely hear the voice of a woman.

Du Yue poked his head to look, and a figure staggered towards them under the overlapping tree shadows. He kept looking back in horror, and when he turned his head, he saw someone in front of him. He hurried up without hesitation, "Help me ……help me……!"

Du Yue pressed Qin Zhao's hand that was about to draw his sword, and squeezed forward to carefully inspect the person who fell on the ground. It was indeed a woman, but she only described it as extremely embarrassed, and her thin body heaved violently.She looked up and saw Du Yue, and hurriedly grabbed the hem of his robe, "... Please, save me, save me!" She spoke too hastily, and suddenly tilted her head and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Du Yue's expression changed immediately, he took out a small porcelain bottle and poured a pill, then knelt down and fed it to her.

Qin Zhao withdrew his gaze, raised his eyes to look into the distance, broke off a branch and threw it with his backhand. The thin branch was like an arrow, and with a sharp wind sound, it plunged into the tree.The figure half-hidden behind the tree trunk was shocked, hesitated for a moment, and then fled away.

The woman coughed violently and tried her best to speak: "...Many, thank you, please...please..."

"What do you want to do?" Qin Zhao asked.

"Breathe in." Du Yue took her pulse and reminded.

"Chang'an—!" the woman said in a hoarse voice, "I'm going to Chang'an, please... Chang'an... How far is it?"

"This is Chang'an." Qin Zhao looked at her.

"...Already arrived?...Finally, finally here." The woman struggled to get up when she heard the sound, and there was a faint light in her eyes, "Take me...to the government, to the palace, to the emperor!" She couldn't stop coughing When she got up, Du Yue helped her calm down, frowning tightly.She raised her voice stubbornly, her eyes fixed on the distance, "Help us, Your Majesty, the adults of the capital!...We in Huainan...have become a purgatory!"

Qin Zhao leaned down, "What about Huainan? Isn't it a war?"

"It's not a war, that's not a war, that's evil spirits eating people! They don't fight, they rob, they burn down houses, they're all killing people!" The words seemed to be bitten out between the teeth, and the woman couldn't stop Coughing up blood, spots of bright red splashed on the grass, "The consciences of those dog officials have been eaten by themselves! ... My father refused to agree, refused to be with them, and they chased and killed my whole family! They were afraid, They dare not let us come to Chang'an! But...but I'm still here..."

Qin Zhao looked solemn, and was about to ask again, when the woman suddenly clenched Du Yue's sleeves, her fingers trembling with force, "Are you a doctor? Are you a doctor?...You, please! Help me! ...Doctor, all my family members have been killed, only me is left...I can't die...I haven't seen the emperor yet, I haven't..."

The voice was stuck in his throat and stopped abruptly.

Du Yue felt his sleeve loosen, and saw the woman collapsed on the ground with a muffled sound.His eyes widened, he was taken aback for a moment, and then kept searching on his body.

Qin Zhao stretched out his hand to probe, and sure enough, he was breathless, but he refused to close his eyes.His eyes swept over the woman's waist, he couldn't help being slightly surprised, after light pressing, he stood up and sighed, but saw Du Yue quickly pulled out the roll bag, stroked it on the ground with one hand, and pulled out a few silver needles in the cold light to stab her Down.

Qin Zhao stopped his hand, "Enough."

"Let go!" Du Yue exerted force on his wrist, but he couldn't break free.

Qin Zhao slowed down his voice, "Du Yue..."

"Let go of me, you fucking let me go!" Du Yue was annoyed, and turned to stare at him, "She was still calling me doctor just now, she begged me to save her!"

"Her lungs have been shattered in half, and it is rare for her to survive until just now. How else can you save her?"

"I can save lives. My subordinates have never died before!" Du Yue shouted.

"...doctors will eventually be unable to save them." Qin Zhao whispered.

Du Yue ruthlessly shook off his hand, stepped forward and half-kneeled beside the woman, the cold light flickered, the needles were precise everywhere, but when he withdrew his hand, he clearly touched the body and it became cold.His fingers trembled, as if he had been icy. Du Yue stared blankly for a long time, but he was at a loss.

"Du Yue." Qin Zhao said.

"None of my subordinates died, not a single one. The master's medical skills are so superb, I have learned all of them..." Du Yue hoarse, suddenly powerless, slumped on the ground and hugged himself.

Lines of moonlight leaked through the branches and leaves, and the mountains and forests were deep.

Qin Zhao knelt down in front of him, "Life and death are impermanent, we should get used to it."

"I don't want to get used to it." He said in a muffled voice for a while, "When I was young, my mother originally wanted me to be an official like my cousin, and I thought it was fine. Later, I ran to the pond with the little brother next door. Just kidding, he contracted a cold and died within a few days. I think that doctor is really useless, how can a small wind and cold kill him, he must have used the wrong medicine to kill my little brother. That little brother My brother’s family also thought so, and went to the doctor to ask for an explanation, but the doctor was blocked in the room and refused to say anything, and then moved away from Jinling. I think it was his fault. After that, I pestered him every day My mother said, I don’t want to be an official, I want to study medicine, and I will never become that kind of person when I become a doctor.”

The lamp was put aside just now, smudged thin warm color on his blue shirt.Qin Zhao was in a trance for no reason, and couldn't help reaching out his hand to touch the light on the clothes.

"But the master always told me that I shouldn't think that medicine is omnipotent, and he can't save everyone. The feeling of powerlessness is very uncomfortable, and the doctor can't forget the patients who died under his hands, even if their relatives have forgotten , but the doctor can't forget the feeling of losing a living person's life in his hands." Du Yue said, "so my master said that I can't be a good doctor because I can't stand it. I heard this at that time Very unhappy."

"She said she couldn't die, but I couldn't save her. Qin Zhao, I've never watched a patient die under my hands." After a long silence, Du Yue suddenly said, "...so that's how it feels."

Qin Zhao looked at him quietly, his eyes softened and deepened, he put his arms around his shoulders, and hugged him in his arms.Du Yue buried his head in his arms, stretched out his arms to hug him tightly, his fingers were green and cold, and grasped his shoulders tightly, and finally wept uncontrollably.

The neck was hot and wet, Qin Zhao slowly tightened his arms.

"Qin Zhao," he suppressed his sobs, and said in a low voice, "I've cried tonight, and I'm used to it."

"Okay." Qin Zhao replied.

The crescent moon sets in the west, and the sky breaks dawn.

Chu Mingyun leaned against the window, watching the black-feathered bird flutter its wings and fly away, and then looked back at Qin Zhao who pushed the door in, "What's wrong?"

Qin Zhao stepped forward and saw a piece of paper in his hand, "Where is the news again?"

Chu Mingyun glanced casually, "Tell me what's wrong first."

He carefully repeated what the woman said last night, Chu Mingyun stared at the letter in his hand, a smile appeared on his lips, seemed to be interested.After Qin Zhao finished speaking, Chu Mingyun nodded and said, "The imperial court sent Luo Xin to conquer Huainan's army. Guess what's going on now?"

Qin Zhao thought for a while, "It's been more than half a month since they set off, and they should have arrived in Huainan to fight the rebels."

Chu Mingyun laughed, "Wrong guess." He handed the letter to Qin Zhao, "The army disappeared the day after arriving in Huainan, together with the Huainan king's rebel party, it disappeared overnight. "

"They disappeared without a trace, and the city occupied by the rebel party has also become an empty city." He straightened up, took off his outer robe as he walked to the inner room, and threw it on the table beside him.

Seeing his movements, Qin Zhao was surprised and said, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Changing clothes," Chu Mingyun let go of the lapel with one hand, without turning his head, "enter the palace."

Qin Zhao put down the letter and walked out of the house, not forgetting to turn around and close the door.

The lamps were still lit under the corridor, and the commander of the forbidden army hurried forward and said respectfully to him: "Please inform the leader, Your Majesty ordered the Lord to enter the palace immediately."