treacherous world

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed Gongsun to the nearest village to Black Wind City.

There were many soldiers standing guard at the gate of the village. Gongsun opened the medicine box and gave each of Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and everyone who entered the village a medicine bag to carry with them, and reminded them not to touch any water source in the village, not to touch the soil, Avoid talking to people, let alone touching wounds of sick people.

After everyone wrote down one by one, they entered the village.

Plague Village, just hearing the name makes people shudder, but the situation in this village is much better than imagined.

Many military doctors in Zhao Pu's army had already arrived, and the patients were scattered in different rooms according to the severity of their symptoms.The villagers are still doing what they should do, and they are extremely cooperative. No one is worried that Zhao Pu will kill them all because he is worried about the spread of the disease. This is also due to Zhao Pu's kindness to the people, so everyone has confidence in him, of course... The most confident person is still the genius doctor Gongsun.

When the military doctors saw Gongsun coming, they gathered together to study the condition with him.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had nothing to do, so they walked around and looked around.

In this epidemic, the symptoms were uniform. Most patients first developed symptoms of fever and dizziness, and then their complexion turned dark, and their bodies were weak and chilly.Afterwards, he started to have a high fever and his Yintang turned black. He couldn't eat, and then became weak and died.

So far, only one or two very old and frail elderly people have died in the village, but more and more people are infected with the disease.

After Gongsun felt the pulse of several patients with acupuncture, he stood up, walked to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and said in a low voice, "It's not the plague."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows - that would be the best!But why do so many people have the same disease?

Both of them are smart ghosts, and they said in unison, "Could someone poison you?"

Gongsun nodded, "It's the same as that dead Tubo prince, it's Heishisan."

Zhan Zhao was startled, "Won't that mean many people will die?"

"The amount of poison this time is very small. It may have been thrown into the water. The dose given is not enough to be fatal. Some people are in good health and even have no effect. You can see that most of the infected people are the elderly and children."

"That's even more hateful." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows.

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, temporarily suppressing the sense of justice that rushed to the head of Zhan Daxia, and asked Gongsun, "Is this method of poisoning a bit strange?"

"You think it too, and I can't figure it out either." Gongsun crossed his arms and said to himself, "If you really want to disturb the morale of the Zhao family army, you can increase the dose of poison. I always feel that it is not painful, is it a prank?"

Zhan Zhao gently rubbed his arm against Bai Yutang, "Yesterday, Li Yuanhao, Yeluming and Han Changzai all mentioned the plague. Do you think it was the one of them who did it?"

Bai Yutang stroked his chin, "You mean, because Zhao Pu didn't believe it, you did it on purpose to make Zhao Pu pay attention to this matter?"

"No, I have to go back and discuss it with Zhao Pu." Gongsun handed the prescription to the military doctor. The military doctors in Zhao Pu's army are not ordinary people. They thought it was poisoning and not a plague. That's what happened.

So, Gongsun hurried back with He Yihang to discuss with Zhao Pu, and the military doctors treated the sick and saved the sick.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were quite free, so they decided to take a stroll around.If someone poisoned, it must be near the wells. After all, there are not as many rivers in the Western Regions as in the south of the Yangtze River, so they found Xiao Wang, who was a watchman, to be a guide. They walked around each well and asked if anyone had witnessed the poisoning. The passage of poison.

Xiao Wang was very smart. He led Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang around, and said, "Isn't it a big wind and sandstorm that day, and then the disease started, but we are not afraid, Mr. Gongsun can definitely cure us."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, Gongsun is really a reassurance for the Zhao family army, Zhao Pu is very lucky.

The three of them spent almost a whole morning visiting a dozen alleys.

Although it belongs to the villages on the outskirts of the Black Wind City Fortress, the construction is still very reasonable. The wells are basically near the courtyards adjacent to many people, and most of them are guarded by dogs.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked several households, and they all said that no one had been near the well.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang used the silver needle given by Gongsun to fetch water and tried it, but there was no major problem.

Seeing that it was already noon, Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Go back? Come back in the afternoon?"

Zhan Zhao also wanted to go back and ask about the progress, so he walked out of the city with Bai Yutang.

While walking, I saw a little girl running over in a hurry not far away, "Brother! Brother!"

Xiao Wang, who was on watch, saw it at a glance, and stopped to meet him, "Amei, why did you run out?"

"Grandpa is gone!"

"Ah?!" Xiao Wang was anxious, "Why didn't he disappear?"

"He had a fuss last night, and finally fell asleep this morning. I wanted to cook some porridge for him. As soon as I walked away, he disappeared when I came back!" Xiao Wang's sister cried and said, " What should we do? He ran out like crazy, usually fine, but now there is a plague, what if he gets sick after eating something he shouldn't eat?"

"Lord Zhan, Fifth Lord Bai." Xiao Wang turned his head and said to the two, "How about, do you know the way back?"

Zhan Zhao nodded when he saw something happened at someone's house, "Yes, you can do your own thing, don't worry about us."

"Okay." Xiao Wang tugged at his sister, "I'll go to the village to look for it, you go back and call the third aunt and third uncle and the others, and we all hurry to look for it together."

"Oh!"

The two disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and had no choice but to walk out slowly.

After a while, the whole street was full of gongs and drums, and an old lady was standing on the roof, knocking on the iron pot with a frying spoon, and shouted loudly, "Help find it, the old king lost his head again!"

Following the shouts, many people ran out in the streets and alleys to look for them.

Bai Yutang looked quite fresh, "So many people helped to find it?"

"It's a small village, and it's a border area, so we always take care of each other." Zhan Zhao was warm-hearted, thinking that the villagers would have to find a time to go to find an old man like this, so why not go up to the roof and scan them for them.

Before he could open his mouth, Bai Yutang, who was well aware of his habits, stopped a young guy who ran out from a nearby restaurant and looked to help, "Boy, what does Uncle Wang look like?"

The clerk was stunned, recognized the two people, and quickly replied, "Oh, my lords, it's okay, this old king has been crazy for more than ten or twenty years, and he often gets lost. Don't worry, there are soldiers guarding him outside." He can't get out, and he will find it in a while."

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Do you often get lost?"

The man knew Zhan Zhao and his identities, so since they were asked, he answered clearly, and said, "The two brothers and sisters of the Wang family lived with Old Man Wang after their parents died, and the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is very good. This old Wang is quite a normal person, right? It’s just that he occasionally falls insane and talks nonsense all day long. Especially when there is thunder, rain and strong wind, he will fall ill whenever the weather changes. He said that the weather is about to change, and disaster is imminent. Everyone hides quickly. The village is sick these days, The old man is even more wrong, he is so crazy that the little Wang brothers and sisters can't do anything about him, I was thinking to wait for Mr. Gongsun to show the old man when he is free, so he ran away again!"

Just as I was talking, I heard the aunt yelling again just now, "I found it, I found it, I hid in the small woods to the west, everyone should leave."

The buddy spread his hands.

Zhan Zhao was still terrified for the old man, "You really should watch it carefully, if you accidentally fall into the well, you will be in trouble."

"Master Zhan, then you don't have to worry." The buddy said happily, "This old Wangtou is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he is afraid of water wells, not to mention getting close, he doesn't even dare to look at them, so he will never fall into the well in."

After speaking, the man went back to the shop to help.

It is said that the speaker has no intention but the listener has the intention. As Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked towards the city gate, they felt—something seemed wrong.

The two were walking out, facing each other, and saw Gongsun coming back again, this time not only himself, but also the fourth son and a motorcade behind him.

The convoy is transporting freshly steamed crabs, which are being distributed door-to-door, especially for those with children. Zhao Pu knows that in this arid place in the northwest, many people have never eaten crabs in their entire lives, so this time, they borrowed flowers to present Buddha and came to make crabs. Good man, by the way, calm down the villagers and tell them that it is not an epidemic and don't worry.

"Daddy, look." The fourth son saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and pointed it out to Gongsun.

Gongsun was carrying a medicine box, and was wandering the streets looking for people who hadn't taken the antidote. When he saw two people, he came up and asked, "Have you found any clues?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang shook their heads.

"That's right." Bai Yutang asked Gongsun, "Is there any madness that occurs when there is thunder and wind?"

Gongsun was stunned, and frowned, "Huh?"

"Baibai, when it comes to madness, it will only attack when it is stimulated. If you insist on a regularity, it will occur more often in spring and autumn, especially when the flowers bloom in spring." The fourth son turned around and asked Gongsun, "Isn't that right, Daddy? "

Gongsun nodded.

Zhan Zhao explained the situation of Old Wangtou.

Gongsun is a medical idiot, so he must go to see a strange disease, so the group asked the address of the old Wang's house, and found that it was not far away, so they rushed over.

At the gate of a secluded courtyard, Zhan Zhao and the others saw the younger sister of the Wang family who was washing rice.

"Huh?" Wang Xiaomei looked up and saw everyone, she was very surprised, "Why are the adults here?"

Zhan Zhao asked her, "Have you found your grandfather?"

"I found it." Wang Xiaomei saw Gongsun at a glance, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Gongsun, please see my grandfather's illness, why is it so serious this time!"

As soon as Gongsun heard that it was exactly what he wanted, he asked the younger sister to lead the way into the house.

At this time, Xiao Wang was sitting in the yard, sighing, and when he heard the little girl outside cheering that Mr. Gongsun was coming, he jumped up happily—he finally looked at the savior.

When everyone entered the courtyard, they went down the door to visit Lao Wang.

Opening the door and looking inside, there was no sign of Lao Wang on the bed, Zhan Zhao frowned, thinking he ran away again, right?

"It should be hiding." Xiao Wang pointed helplessly at a big camphor wood box beside the bed.

Zhan Zhao was startled, "Hiding in a box?"

"Don't get bored!" Gongsun hurriedly asked Xiao Wang to open the box.

Xiao Wang went to open the box and said, "Don't worry, this box was made by Grandpa himself, the lid is breathable, and he always said that if there is a flood, you can hide in it.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and finally at Gongsun.

Gongsun also found it strange - this old king is suspicious.

"Flood?" The fourth son was curious, and asked Wang Xiaomei, "This is a desert, how could there be a flood? Are you from the south of the Yangtze River?"

"No." Wang Xiaomei also shook her head helplessly, "I haven't even seen a bigger river, but Grandpa said it was going to flood when it rained, and he was not allowed to dig a well in front of the house, which would hurt the river." My brother has to go all the way to fetch water every time."

"He's afraid of water!" The fourth son rubbed his soft chin and thought for a while, "I see, have you ever slipped and fell into the water?"

"It's also possible." Gongsun nodded.

At this time, Xiao Wang opened the box.

The moment the box was opened, a piercing scream was heard.

Everyone frowned.

Shi Shi, who came to join in the fun behind the fourth son, was also taken aback, grabbed the fourth son by the collar and was about to stuff him into his belly.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!" Xiao Wang hurriedly waved his hands to the crowd, and told his younger sister, "Sister, open the window!"

Wang Xiaomei quickly opened the window, and the sunlight came in, and Old Wang gradually calmed down.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged glances - they are seriously ill!

Gongsun saw that the old man's eyes were clear, and his body seemed to be quite strong, he didn't look like he was sick or confused.And if a person is crazy and basically afraid of light, he should be more suitable for a dark room. Why is he the opposite?

"Grandpa, come out and sit down, Mr. Gongsun is treating you." Xiao Wang pulled him out.

"My dear grandson, go outside and show me if the ghost soldiers are here!" Pushing him, the old Wang waved to the younger sister, "My dear granddaughter, hide with grandpa, the flood will come soon! "

Xiao Wang had no choice but to pull the old man out, "Grandpa, stop talking nonsense, what ghost soldiers, come out quickly."

"No way!" The old man shook his head stubbornly holding the box, as if panicked, "The black wind has passed, the flood has arrived, the weather is about to change! The sky is about to change!"

Xiao Wang looked at Gongsun in embarrassment, which means—this is the situation.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang——Ghost soldiers, familiar?

Bai Yutang frowned and nodded.

Gongsun asked, "How long has your grandfather been ill?"

"I don't know, he was already like this when I was born, and his parents died early, so we can't ask."

Seeing that the old man couldn't come out of the box, Gongsun pointed to the fourth son, "Your fourth son, get this grandpa out." Oh. "The fourth son ran to the box and lay down on the box to look at the old man, then gave him a sweet and big smile, and put his arm around him, "Grandpa, come out and sit down!" "

……

Everyone was silent for a long while, then the old man stood up suddenly, obediently followed the fourth son out.

The fourth son pulled him to sit down at the table, served him tea, and placed his hand on the table while the old man was confused...Gongsun quickly felt his pulse.

Xiao Wang and the younger sister of the Wang family opened their mouths wide - their grandfather had never cooperated like this before!

Zhan Zhao raised an eyebrow at Bai Yutang—see, this is strength!

Bai Yutang stared at the sky speechlessly... The moment he raised his head, he was attracted by the beams on the roof, frowning and rubbing his chin in a daze.

"Heart pulse is normal." Gongsun rolled the old man's eyes again.Just as the old man was about to struggle, the fourth son grabbed his shoulders and beat his back, and the old man diverted his attention again.

Zhan Zhao gently poked Bai Yutang with his elbow, as if he wanted to tell him——Little Sizi is too powerful!But after stabbing him twice, Bai Yutang didn't respond at all.

Zhan Zhao turned his face... and found that Bai Yutang raised his head, staring intently at the beam above his head.

Some didn't understand what Bai Yutang was looking at, so Zhan Zhao also watched with him with his face up.There are some patterns chiseled on the beams of this house, and there is no obvious pattern, but Zhan Zhao thinks they are very familiar.

"This house is an old house." Wang Xiaomei brought tea to the two of them, and seeing that she was staring at the roof, she helped explain, "This house was built by grandpa himself."

Bai Yutang turned to look at him, "Your grandfather is good at building houses?"

"Yes, grandpa used to be a carpenter." Xiaomei Wang said, pointing to a corner of the yard, "Look."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked out in the direction of her finger, and saw a cabinet under the corridor, inside was a lot of wooden gadgets, and there was a small wooden horse in front of the cabinet, which was very cute.

"The toys we played with when we were young were all made by grandpa." Xiaomei Wang said with a smile, "We all hid them and were reluctant to throw them away. Grandpa likes children so much. This is a plague. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how many toys we have in our yard every day." Little baby, it's very lively."

Bai Yutang walked out, stretched out his hand and gently lifted the little wooden horse, staring at it in a daze.

"Yutang." Zhan Zhao walked to his side, "What's wrong?"

"Good workmanship." Bai Yutang reached out to open the cabinet and checked the contents.

Zhan Zhao laughed, "Do you like it? Discuss with them and give you one..." Then, he lowered his voice and reminded, "Just say that the fourth son wants it, don't say you want it, it's embarrassing."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, took out one of the square wooden boxes, and opened it... the moment the box was opened, a delicate bird popped out and made a cooing sound, which was very delicate.

"Hey..." Zhan Zhao was surprised, picked up a few more casually, squinted his eyes and told Bai Yutang, "Guess, we don't charge them for the consultation fee, and we said it would be given to the fourth son to play with, can we ask for a few more? "Bai Yutang looked at him speechlessly, "I have so many things in the empty island, haven't you played enough?"

Zhan Zhao finally smiled, put down the toy, and said, "I know what you're thinking, although these are toys, but the craftsmanship is very familiar, isn't it similar to organs? And the beams just now, I always feel like I'm on the island with you The pavilions on top are approaching."

"All the knowledge and skills I know about this area were taught by my fifth aunt." Bai Yutang looked at the old man in the room who was being coaxed into a coma by the younger brother and was receiving Gongsun's treatment. Aunt has something to do with it."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "But he should be much older than Fifth Aunt, right?"

Bai Yutang nodded, and suddenly noticed something pressing on the bottom of the cabinet.He reached over and gently took out a piece of wood.This piece of wood is not an elaborate mechanism, but a plum blossom carved out of wood.The plum blossom carvings are really lifelike, and the carving skills are amazing.

Bai Yutang froze there holding the wooden peach blossom.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Yutang, your face is already pale."

Bai Yutang looked back at Zhan Zhao, and asked Xiaomei Wang who followed curiously, "Whose is this?"

Wang Xiaomei blinked, "I don't know, but it has been kept in the cabinet, maybe it was carved by grandpa before."

Bai Yutang turned the carving over, and saw a hollowed-out "three" character carved on the flat bottom of the plum blossom.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "What's the situation?"

Bai Yutang took out an almost identical mahogany carving from the kit he carried with him, turned it over and showed it to Zhan Zhao, and saw a "five" character carved on the flat back of the plum blossom.

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth slightly, "Is this from Fifth Aunt?"

Bai Yutang nodded, then turned around and walked into the room quickly.

At this time, Gongsun was holding back his hands in confusion, and said to the nervous Xiao Wang, "It's strange, your grandfather is in good health, except for a little nervousness, maybe it's because he hasn't had a good rest these days, and he doesn't even have rheumatism. "

"Then..." Xiao Wang was puzzled, "Is he not sick?"

Gongsun shook his head again and again, "Not at all."

"Old man." Bai Yutang walked up to old man Wang, reached out and took out the plum blossom carving with the character "three", and asked him, "Is this yours?"

The old man stretched out his hand slowly, took the wood plum blossom, and stared at it in a daze.

Bai Yutang put the "five" plum blossom in front of his eyes and asked, "Do you recognize this one?"

From the moment the "five" plum blossom appeared in front of the old man, the old man who had been in a trance suddenly sat upright. He stretched out his old hand and touched the plum blossom almost tremblingly, "Five..."

Seeing him, Bai Yutang reacted, "Do you know the owner of this flower?"

"I know!" The old man nodded repeatedly, and looked up at Bai Yutang, "I know..."

It's just that he didn't finish speaking, and suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked at him in bewilderment, and saw him sitting there blankly, his eyes wide open, staring at Bai Yutang's back in a daze. There was surprise and more fear in his eyes.

"Ah!" The old man suddenly yelled, as if he was about to stand up.

The fourth son who was still by his side was pushed back by him, but luckily Gongsun quickly caught it.

The old man also tripped over the chair behind him because of his violent movements, and fell on his back.

"Grandpa!" Xiao Wang hurried over to help.

But the old man crawled back in panic and pointed behind Bai Yutang, "You...why are you still alive? You are obviously dead!" As he said, he pushed Xiao Wang away, "Run, take Run away, your sister, he has come to claim his life, and he is bringing ghost soldiers to kill us all!"

And everyone followed his fingers to look over... and saw that standing behind Bai Yutang was Zhan Zhao who looked like he had stepped on shit while holding a giant que.

After a long silence, Zhan Zhao said sullenly, "Here we go again! How many old men in the Western Regions are looking forward to my death."