Cheng Lingsu made extremely thorough preparations for this trip and brought all the equipment and various auxiliary medicinal materials with him.
After returning to her residence, she immediately took out a lot of bottles and jars and began to refine the "Bingxin Poison-preventing Pill".
Refining such elixirs involved the core secrets of her sect, so Hu Long did not watch from the sidelines. He went to rest with his subordinates and recharge his batteries to prepare for tomorrow's treasure hunting trip.
There was no talk all night. In the early morning of the next day, Hu Long got up early and was moving his hands and feet outside for a while. He saw Cheng Lingsu walking out of his residence. His eyes were bloodshot and his face looked tired. It seemed that he was tired. He looked like he had stayed up all night without falling asleep.
Although he looked tired, Cheng Lingsu was in high spirits. He walked up to Hu Long with a smile, handed a small plain silk sac to him and said, "It's all because of the help of Director Hu that my hard work this time has not been in vain." Once again, this is the reward we agreed on in advance."
“It smells so good!”
Hu Long did not refuse. He took the silk sac and put it under his nose for a sniff. Immediately, a strange aroma filled his heart and spleen, which made his mind clear and he praised it.
Cheng Lingsu didn't expect that he would smell it with his nose first after getting the elixir, and two red clouds appeared on his cheeks. It turned out that she had made the silk sac on the spur of the moment. Since there was no ready-made fabric, she cut a piece from her own clothes. Hu Long smelled in the aroma, in addition to the medicinal aroma of the elixir, there was also a trace of his daughter's body fragrance remaining in the silk sac itself.
Hu Long didn't know the story. He had already opened the silk sac and poured the round thing inside into his palm.
It was a pill the size of a fingertip. It was as white as snow, smooth and shiny, and felt slightly cool to the touch, but it seemed to be carved from white jade.
Hu Long tried to squeeze it gently with his fingers. The texture of the pill was as hard as jade. He really couldn't imagine how Cheng Lingsu made such a thing overnight.
Cheng Lingsu explained on the side: "This elixir has a wide range of uses. If the Taoist priest wears it on his body at ordinary times, all poisonous snakes and insect poisons will not be able to invade within three feet of your body; if you are injured by a hidden weapon that feeds poison, as long as Before the poison gas spreads, roll it around the wound to force the poison gas out; if you want to prevent others from poisoning the drink, you can press it under the tongue to dissolve the poison; if you are already poisoned, You can take spirits soaked in elixirs to detoxify."
Hu Long didn't expect that this small pill could have such wonderful effects, and he couldn't help but be amazed by the Medicine King's methods.
After he solemnly thanked Cheng Lingsu, he put the elixir into a silk bag and carefully put it away close to his body. Seeing that his subordinates had prepared breakfast, he invited Cheng Lingsu to eat with him.
Cheng Lingsu was not polite and agreed readily.
While they were sitting together eating, Cheng Lingsu rolled his eyes as black as ink and said with a smile: "Director Hu, can I ask you a question?"
Hu Long said with a smile: "Miss Cheng, feel free to ask questions, but I will tell you all you want."
Cheng Lingsu said: "I traveled thousands of miles to come to Liaodong to capture ice toads and refine medicine. Why did you bring these people to this barren mountain?"
Hu Long was startled for a moment, and saw her looking straight at him, her eyes as clear as water, and then he smiled casually: "Last night, Miss Cheng confessed her identity and purpose of coming. It is natural that I should also be honest. I can't hide it. Pindao is a member of the 'Heaven and Earth Society' and serves as the head of the 'Kilin Hall'. But he came here to counter the Qing's plan and to find a huge treasure that was buried when the Manchu Qing entered the country."
Cheng Lingsu was stunned when he heard this. Firstly, he did not expect Hu Long's identity, and secondly, he did not expect that Hu Long would tell such a huge secret so openly.
Hu Long saw that this little girl who always looked calm and collected the pearls of wisdom rarely lost her composure, and said with a smile: "Miss Cheng's affairs have been completed. I wonder if you are interested in accompanying Pindao to dig for the treasures of the Qing Dynasty?"
Cheng Lingsu looked at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled, with a charming look on his withered face: "This should be a very interesting thing, it would be nice to go and play."
Although Hu Yuan's subordinates didn't know why their hall master trusted this woman who met by chance and was closely related to the "Poison Hand Medicine King" who left countless mysterious and terrifying legends, under the strict rules and regulations, they never raised any questions. He pulled Cheng Lingsu into this treasure-hunting team.
After breakfast, the nineteen soldiers under Hu Yuan began to sort out various equipment.
They all put on powerful attire and carried a round shield about two feet in diameter on their backs. They also carried a long-barreled firecracker diagonally across their backs. They also had narrow-edged steel knives with sheaths inserted diagonally at their waists, and hung a gun full of ammunition. There were daggers hidden in the leather pouches on both sides of the boots, and a short-handled shovel in his hand.
Cheng Lingsu couldn't help but be shocked when he looked at this group of warriors who were armed to the teeth. He also got a glimpse of the whole leopard and speculated that although the "Tiandihui" has been so low-key in recent years that it has been almost forgotten by the world, it has developed secretly. An extremely terrifying force.
The group of people packed up and walked out of the ruins of the castle together, leading the way towards the mountain with Hu Long.
Cheng Lingsu and Hu Yuan walked side by side and asked casually as they walked: "I saw many artificially dug holes on the mountain. Could it be that they are all traces left by Taoist priests and your years of treasure hunting?"
Hu Long shook his head and said: "I just got the treasure map not long ago. This is my first time here. There are other people who dug out those pits."
Cheng Lingsu frowned slightly: "Digging randomly in the barren mountains and ridges shows that the person most likely knows that there is a treasure buried here, but does not know the specific location. The Taoist priest should be more careful and don't let others fool him. The last trick.”
Hu Long said angrily: "Pindao has made arrangements. If there is such a person, he can be regarded as a praying mantis at best."
Cheng Lingsu smiled and said nothing.
She considers herself to be alert and wise, but now she sees that Hu Yuan's thoughtfulness and insight into things are as clear as hers, and she feels great admiration in her heart.
The two were walking and chatting, and Cheng Lingsu brought up a topic from last night: "The Taoist Master said that there are some difficult medical problems that need to be consulted by the master. I wonder if you can tell me about them?"
Hu Long said with a smile: "Miss Cheng is the heir to the mantle of Senior Medicine King, and I am interested in asking you for advice!"
These words are not polite. Now the "Tiandihui" has begun to form its own army overseas. He wants to establish a more complete and advanced military medical system in the army, so that once a war breaks out, it can minimize the number of injuries. Soldier mortality rate.
Although he lived in an era of information explosion in his previous life, most of the information he obtained was fragmented and fragmented, making it difficult to form a system.
Hu Long also discussed this matter with some famous doctors at the meeting, but those famous doctors only had expertise in a certain field. They had no idea how to train a large number of military doctors who had initially mastered bone setting, suturing, bandaging, disinfection, epidemic prevention and other skills and established relevant The system is completely lost.
Now that Cheng Lingsu asked, he told all his thoughts.
Cheng Lingsu was fascinated by what he heard and murmured to himself: "If we want to train military doctors like what the Taoist said in batches, we first need to simplify the medical methods as much as possible and set strict standards so that they can be easily mastered and followed by ordinary people. , there are so many things involved here..."
When it came to the professional field, she showed a bit of "dumb" air that was rare in daily life. She was still thinking as she walked. She almost tripped and even hit a tree a few times, but she relied on Hu Long beside her to take care of her. He walked to a hidden mountain col hidden by lush forests.
Hu Long said with a smile: "This matter will not be accomplished in a day. If Miss Cheng is interested, you can think about it slowly. Now we should come together to witness the birth of the treasure!"
After that, he walked back and forth several times in the mountain col, measuring the distance with his feet to determine the direction, and finally designated a location and ordered: "It's time to do it, let's do it!"
The nineteen soldiers stepped forward and divided into two groups, taking turns digging downwards with the short shovels in their hands. They gradually dug out a pit two feet deep, with a large mouth and a small bottom, in the shape of a funnel.
With a crisp sound of "ding", one of the people's spade blade hit a stone. The others hurriedly dug around and soon found a piece of bluestone about ten feet square, flat and with obvious marks of ax chiseling.
