Faced with Gong Xiqiu's questioning, Zhang He's response was only a long silence, but judging from his expression, he obviously knew about this matter. No more answers were needed, Gong Xiqiu already understood and let out a disdainful sneer.
"Is this the order of a country's imperial doctor? It's really eye-opening. He's just a mediocre person who cares about fame and fortune and doesn't care about the lives of the people! You don't think that you can save something by sitting in Lingzhou Yiru, right?" Xiqiu's words were like a gun and a stick, causing Shen Tang to look sideways secretly, with a little surprise appearing in his eyes.
The Gong Xiqiu she knew could not be defeated on the battlefield, and no one could defeat him on the battlefield. He was just a 24K pure fool who suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated. I never expected that he actually has such a thing as "eloquence", and he's not bad at criticizing people.
Zhang He didn't take these words to heart.
But that doesn't mean others shouldn't worry too.
Immediately, Zhang He's confidant, the guard leader, couldn't help but stand up and say a fair word for Zhang He.
"Although I don't know the grudge between this gentleman and my lord, it is true that my lord saved thousands of people in Lingzhou, and it is also true that he protected the people of Ru in Yi. As the imperial physician of the medical department, my lord had to obey the orders of the king. Disobey the king's order. Does Mr. Lang really not know what happened to him?" This guard leader had followed Zhang He for a long time and knew some old events.
Zhang He did not take the initiative to contact Gu insects.
As the Imperial Physician at that time and the most skilled physician in the Medical Department, the Lord of Xin State gave him an order to study Gu insects. Can Zhang He still object? Later, he was subjected to a liquidation operation by the king to kill and silence him, but he luckily escaped and saved his life.
Can the annihilation of the Gongxi clan be attributed to Zhang He?
Did he deliberately throw away the so-called holy objects?
As for epidemics in various places...
It's even less likely that it was the Lord Zhang He who did it.
This requires asking what King Xin’s royal family did.
In his opinion, Gong Xiqiu's hatred was immature anger. It was obvious that his lord had a good temper and had the patience to allow such unknown people to talk nonsense without driving them away.
In response, Gong Xiqiu just chuckled meaningfully: "Yes, yes, everything you say is right."
He didn't take the guard leader seriously at all.
Looking past him, he landed directly on Zhang He: "I just have a piece of advice. I hope your lord can remember - it is best not to explore the secrets of the Gongxi clan. Otherwise, even if I am the only one left in the Gongxi clan , and it will also let you know what regret is! It’s best to have a ‘host’ like Gu Ren’s Shaochong!”
Zhang He Gujing Wubo's eyes finally showed a trace of confusion: "Gu Ren? Gu Ziyi? Who do you think he has under his account?"
Gong Xiqiu said: "You might as well ask yourself."
If you really ask, you will most likely be beaten up by Gu Ren.
At that time, both Xin and Geng were secretly studying Gu insects, trying to use this trump card to dominate the northwest and even sweep across the entire continent. They have secretly conducted breeding research and planted "gu mothers" on people of different ages and physical conditions.
This kind of "Voodoo mother" is different from the "Voodoo bug" that causes the epidemic.
The latter will wake up when exposed to qi and blood, and frantically absorbs the human body's essence and blood to start laying eggs. It is a failure of the former.
The former grows slowly, but it can stimulate and improve potential to the maximum extent, allowing ordinary people to gain strength comparable to that of mid- to high-level warriors. Once the host can no longer provide the essence and blood needed by the "Gu Mother", the "Gu Mother" will crazily squeeze the host, completing the final transformation in the shortest time, until it breaks out of the body, and the life of the "host" will also follow. Come to the end.
It's hard to say that Shaochong was infected when he was young.
He was murdered while still in his mother's womb.
Zhang He didn't know what he was thinking of, and his face was gloomy: "I really didn't know about this matter. If I had known about it, I wouldn't have caused a fatal disaster back then. I'm really not a good person, and I have some selfish motives for helping the people of Lingzhou, so as to win over people's hearts. But I'm not as crazy as Mr. Gongxilang thought. I still have some basic ethics as a doctor..."
As an imperial physician who was deeply trusted by the king, his research on Gu insects had made great progress, and his future was originally bright. Outsiders rumored that he was secretly executed, but they didn't know the truth behind the matter - the first batch of "gu mothers" were cultivated at that time. He hoped to use death row prisoners as hosts, but other colleagues advised the king and secretly captured a group of ordinary people. come over.
The leader of the Xin Kingdom was moved by the rhetoric.
Zhang He couldn't agree.
It is even more impossible to join in the same trend with them.
So he impulsively chose to resign.
This also led to death.
Fortunately, he was prepared and escaped. After that, in order to save his life, he had to move around incognito.
After he lived in seclusion in Lingzhou for several years, the situation in the northwest changed again. The Xin State became more corrupt and corrupt, and the Geng State gradually rose to replace it. . Zhang He couldn't help but be tempted. He was originally a person who valued fame and wealth, otherwise he wouldn't have been kicked down three times.
Finally, he got ahead by entering the Medical Department.
He is not willing to shrink his head and tail for the rest of his life.
Seeing that he was getting older, Zhang He met his filial daughter who was dying. The filial daughter was planning to take her old mother to commit suicide, but unexpectedly broke into his secluded small medical clinic. Zhang He learned from his filial daughter that a great plague broke out in Lingzhou.
Lingzhou bureaucrats are trying to avoid doing business by avoiding each other.
Covering this matter tightly.
It wasn't until he couldn't hold it back anymore and was stabbed to the court of King Xin that King Xin's court sent a medical officer from the Medical Department to rescue him.
The result is pleasing to hear and see.
This group of medical officers whose medical skills were getting better and better did not realize that the source of the plague lay in the water source. Not only did they fail to cure the infected people, they also caused most of the disease themselves. In order to prevent the spread of the plague, the capital of Lingzhou gathered all the infected people into one city.
Let it fend for itself.
Zhang He knew this and his heart beat like a drum.
He felt like his chance had finally come.
Maybe we can turn around through this matter.
Therefore, Zhang He came out of the mountain, not afraid of being dirty, tired, and smelly, and entered a city full of patients alone carrying a medicine box, and begged the local wealthy family for medicinal materials. The more difficult the other party is, the more Zhang He's reputation among the people will be pushed up.
Later, he won a fight with the medical officer of the Medical Department.
It took a full month for the city to open.
Zhang He also became famous in one battle.
No matter what a person's original intention is, whether it is for the people or for fame, at least the result is the same.
Regarding this matter, Zhang He has a clear conscience.
He could endure Gong Xiqiu's accusations and anger, but he could not endure the stigma that did not belong to him. Seeing that Gong Xiqiu didn't speak, Shen Tang couldn't help but said, "Do you really mean what Mr. Zhang said?"
Zhang He pointed to the sky and said: "There is absolutely no lie."
Shen Tang was puzzled.
Could it be that Zhang He really has some integrity?
What happened to Shaochong was not his doing.
"Epidemics caused by poisonous insects in various places..."
"not me!"
Zhang He was vaguely impatient.
"Who could that be?"
Zhang He said: "I don't know."
He quit the Gu Insect Project too early, who knows what happened later, and——
"Not only Tianhai, Heyin, Shangnan and other places, but also common people under my rule were infected with similar 'epidemics'. Fortunately, they were discovered in time and the news was blocked. If it were really me, why would I bother to do this? Just to remove myself? "
Zhang He's reputation was built on the support of the common people, which also attracted many talented people. If he loses the support of the people, his foundation will be unstable. Why would he destroy the Great Wall?
Shen Tang frowned worriedly.
Because her current identity is "the envoy sent by the governor of Heyin County", Shen Tang's reaction was also misunderstood by Zhang He.
"The messenger doesn't need to worry too much."
Shen Tang: "How do you say this?"
Zhang He said: "It's impossible to spend so much time for nothing. When the time is right, the murderer will reveal his true colors."
Shen Tang: "..."
She doesn't like being defensive at all.
But there is no other good way for now.
Zhang He insisted that he had nothing to do with this matter and it didn't seem like he was cheating. How about - let Gu Chi come and take a look?
"Then I don't know how many years and months it will take..."
Zhang He guessed: "It shouldn't take long."
After all, let alone the lethality of the Gu insect itself, just talking about its additional effect of "disease" is not vegetarian. If it is delayed for too long, all the people will die. What are the people behind the scenes planning?
Zhang He had some vague guesses in his heart.
It is estimated that the other party also wants to take the same route as himself.
When the people are in dire straits, desperate and helpless, a god will fall from the sky and give them a glimmer of hope for survival. At that time, the people will be grateful from the bottom of their hearts and regard them as gods. Zhang He's fortune has proven that this path is feasible.
However, what should the common people do if they are not in dire straits?
Then find a way to create "deep water and hot water".
Zhang He did not say anything about these speculations. How could Gong Xiqiu and Shen Jun, the envoy, not be so good at each other?
Zhang He himself has not completely cleared up the suspicion.
The less trouble, the better.
Gong Xiqiu learned the clues about the "sacred object of the Gongxi tribe" and prepared to secretly send people to the place mentioned by Zhang He to find those who were fighting nearby. He could always find the sacred object by following the clues.
Shen Tang's trip was not only to find out the "real culprit of the epidemic", but also shouldered the important task of negotiating business and promoting cooperation.
Ha Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
Because of Zhang He's presence in Lingzhou Yiru, the trend of studying medicine is prevalent, and the medicinal business of nearby counties are concentrated here. Shen Tang wants to negotiate a good price with Zhang He and buy a batch of good medicinal materials.
It’s the same old saying.
Ha Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
As the seasons change, common people suffer from frequent colds, and Fu Gu Medical Center is often short of medicine to the extent that it can't even get a patch of medicine together.
The apprentices learn pharmacological knowledge from Dr. Dong on weekdays, and they have to go into the mountains to collect herbs every now and then, making it difficult to maintain the medical clinic. Shen Tang then set his sights on Yi Ru and asked for more.
Zhang He: "..."
Medicinal material business...
This was something Zhang He had not expected.
He also thought that the Heyin envoy was here to test the possibility of an alliance between the two families, and to conduct deeper cooperation on this basis. No wonder Zhang He guessed so, what kind of good birds could Wu Xian and Gu Ren near Heyin be? Winning an alliance is serious.
Checks and balances each other, because only a few companies have the ability to overturn the tables and chairs, and the situation can be temporarily balanced.
did not expect--
They are just here to talk about medicinal materials business.
Let’s discuss business with the governor of Yiru County...
Zhang He thought for a moment and showed his leek knife.
What is "monopoly"?
Monopoly is his quotation, Shen Tang listened.
Gu Chi did not follow Shen Tang in.
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that Zhang He was too vigilant and only wanted to see Shen Tang and Gong Xichou. Gu Chi had to listen to the opinions of the officials and people near the government office, which really let him know a lot of gossip. Just as he was listening with great interest, a particularly abrupt and attention-grabbing greeting rushed into his mind like a sharp knife.
Familiar curses and greetings to ancestral home.
Well, I still want to pay my respects to Zhang He’s ancestral home.
Gu Chi raised his eyebrows.
Arrange the wrinkled sleeves and step forward.
He crossed his hands and saluted, "Master Sir."
Shen Tang's curses suddenly stopped.
Gu Chi said: "I see Master Lang looks unhappy, but the trip is not going well? Or is Zhang Yongqing making things difficult for Master?"
Shen Tang was so angry that his face turned livid.
"It's more than embarrassing! Why doesn't he go rob!"
Gan!
Do everyone think she is a leek?
Wu Xian cut it, Zhang He cut it?
Don’t leeks need rest?
Shen Tang recalled that Zhang He had bitten off the high-priced face as soon as he opened his mouth, and he became so angry that smoke could be seen above his head!
Gu Chi: "..."
Gong Xiqiu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Shen Tang looked away, and he consciously stopped laughing.
Then he came up with a lame excuse.
"Mama, you and Mr. Gu are busy first. I'm going to find someone to go to that place to inquire about it and recover the sacred object as soon as possible."
After that, he ran away.
After a while, the horse's butt disappeared at the end of the long street.
Gu Chi asked curiously: "What holy object?"
Shen Tang: "A coffin, let's talk about it after we get in the car."
She shared all the details of today with Gu Chi 1511, including the fact that the Gongxi clan had a treasure that caused the tragedy of annihilation. But what’s even more funny is that the two countries, Xin and Geng, didn’t know the difference and buried the most precious sacred object in the human race as an ordinary corpse.
Gu Chi's keen nerves were touched.
He looked at Shen Tang: "Coffin?"
Shen Tang was startled at first before she understood what Gu Chi meant - speaking of coffins, wasn't she the one who woke up from the coffin?
But—
The time is wrong.
She didn't know when the Gongxi clan was exterminated, but she guessed it must have been more than ten years ago, right? A corpse buried in the clan's land, even if it was just inserted on the eve of the extermination of the clan, is still fresh and warm, and it should have rotted into bones after more than ten years.
But Shen Tang woke up in Shen Mansion more than half a year ago.
It spans so many years.
Shen Tang raised his hand to smell his own flesh.
You can vaguely smell some woody fragrance.
"Smell it and see, it's still fresh."
Gu Chi: "...Chi just thinks it's a coincidence."
"No matter how coincidental it is, I can't be that corpse. If you say that the corpse pretended to be a corpse and took the time to give birth to me, it is still possible. The logic makes sense. In this way, the coffin can also be regarded as a legacy. , it makes sense for me to lie down in it." Shen Tang pinched his chin and suddenly laughed at his own imagination. He slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, if this is really the case, won't the handsome guy go crazy with anger?"
The sacred object buried deep in the ground actually gave birth to a daughter.
Is it the loss of humanity or the loss of morality?
Gu Chi: "..."
Shen Tang had laughed enough, and the smile at the corner of his eyes disappeared.
His heart suddenly became heavy: "Speaking of which, Gongxi Qiu's life experience is really rough. But how did the Gongxi clan get involved with the Wu Gu disaster a hundred years ago? And because of this, he attracted covetousness and caused the tragedy of genocide?"
The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade.
This horoscope is applicable wherever it is placed.
The Gongxi tribe was also unlucky.
Her original intention was to chat and complain, but she didn't expect that Gu Chi had heard all the gossips in the world and was called Bai Xiaosheng: "My lord, do you know who founded Wu Kingdom? And the royal family crest of Wu Kingdom?"
Shen Tang: "..."
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When I wait until the end of March, we will save some manuscripts and go cut them.
