The wind is warm in the forest and the grass on the road is smoky. Flowers bloom in the valley, and fine trees shade the springs. The hot springs in the mountains are evaporating heat, and the white mist in the wind is rising. The grass and trees are covered, and the clouds are rising and the clouds are rising. The gauze-like mist separates the vast world, leaving only a pool of comfortable hot springs, bringing the freedom of solitude.
Deep in the peach garden, I don’t know the way back. A pair of young egrets played by the warm spring water, intoxicated by the wonder of exploration. One after another, they chased in the water, fluffy feathers fluttering, revealing their slender legs, and humming happily.
The hot spring water is slippery and Jiaoer is weak. The female heron escaped for a moment, then lost her strength and leaned leaning against the spring. She was caught by the relentless male heron. The male heron spreads its wings and the beaks of the female heron meet, making them inseparable. After a while, it gently but urgently approached the body, rubbed it up and down, and combed the female egret's feathers.
An egret sits happily beside the stream. The female heron crouched in the spring, and the male heron stood behind. The clouds and mist suddenly rose, and the shadows of birds were faintly visible. Songs of joy arose in bursts, and water dropped from the spring. Han E sang a long song, crying and laughing, and the lingering sound lingered around the beams; Liezi walked in the wind, calmly praised goodness, and traveled through the endless world...
After a long time, the singing suddenly stopped and the clouds and rain stopped. The snow egrets cross their wings and fly together to the sky.
Shulot looked at the graceful scenery, straightened up, and suddenly felt a little poetic. He smiled slightly, hugged the person who was still humming, and chanted happily.
"Two orioles sing green willows, and a row of egrets ascend to the blue sky. The window contains the snow of Qianqiu in the West Ridge, and the door is docked with a boat thousands of miles away from Dongwu... The green willows are singing, rising to the blue sky, the window is filled with snow, and the door is docked with a boat. It is really beautiful!"
Alyssa felt light and airy, as if she was floating on the clouds, and even her neck was red. She listened to her lover's poetry and was stunned for a moment. Suddenly she felt ashamed and annoyed, and bit her lover's shoulder hard.
"Bad guy...Bad brother! What kind of poems are you reading?..."
"Haha, just some landscape poems! No, creation is so magical, and the gift of the goddess of spring is so wonderful, let me think of a more appropriate one..."
Shulot's expression remained unchanged and he smiled. His shoulder was bitten a lot, so it didn't hurt very much. And he has been studying for many years and has mastered two native languages. Naturally, he can translate poems easily. He is not only faithful and elegant, but also able to adapt to local conditions... The young man pondered for a while, then smiled and spoke again.
"...The winding path leads to a secluded place, and the flowers and trees in the meditation room are deep. The mountain light is pleasing to the birds, and the shadow of the pond is empty of people's hearts. Everything is silent here, but the sound of bells and chimes is left. ...Haha! The winding path leads to the secluded place, and the flowers and trees are deep. Hummingbirds Singing and taking photos in the hot spring. Of course, the most beautiful and unforgettable thing is the moving music at the end...Ah! Don't bite your ears..."
Alyssa was so angry that she wrapped herself around her lover like a sloth. She bit her lover's ear tightly, as if eating a delicious leaf. After a while, she let go of her hand, blushing, and buried her head in her lover's strong chest.
"Making such a big noise in broad daylight...Xulot, you can't be so bad next time!..."
"Ah? The hot spring is secluded and there are samurai on guard all around, so don't worry. Besides, that's not what you shouted just now..."
"Xulot!..."
"Ah, don't bite!..."
The two laughed and joked for a while, and finally got up from the hot spring. Later, under the service of the maid, the two of them put on loose robes, lay on the cotton blanket by the spring, ate some preserved fruits to replenish their strength, and talked about some serious topics.
"Xulot, you said last time that all things in the world can be divided into moving animals, non-moving plants, and invisible microorganisms. Animals and plants are both composed of a kind of tiny cells. And Are microorganisms the source of our illnesses?”
Alyssa tilted her head, blinked, and looked at her lover next to her.
"Exactly! Fish and birds, monkeys and humans are all animals. Flowers and grass, corn and cocoa are all plants. And the smut fungus that the alliance nobles love is a microorganism."
Shulot said with a gentle smile.
"Most of the microorganisms are harmless to humans. There are tens of thousands of symbiotic flora in our bodies that help us digest food...and the disease-causing microorganisms are mainly certain single-cell bacteria. and smaller, cell-eating viruses."
"Well, bacteria and viruses, bad cells and disease-causing toxins?..."
"Well... they are like, like invisible, moving dust. However, they are smaller than dust and can enter the human body and damage our vitality!"
Hearing this, Alyssa was a little confused. Her eyes were wide open and her face was thoughtful.
"Xulot, these living dust are so tiny, how can they make strong people sick?"
"Well, that's a good question. It proves that you are thinking."
Shulot straightened up, sat cross-legged on the blanket, and carefully composed his words. Now that he has decided to let Alyssa become the general manager of the medical institute, responsible for the research and prevention of epidemics. Then, he needs to teach all the common sense about medicine and the human body as the basis for medical research.
In this era, compared with the European church rule and the Chinese Neo-Confucianism, the Central American tradition of human sacrifice and familiarity with human anatomy were more suitable for the development of modern medicine.
Shulot thought for a moment and looked at the sky, which was already past noon. He waved and summoned Naxiu, who was in charge of the personal guards.
"Na Xiu, what kind of meat are you preparing tonight?"
"Your Highness, the Sun Temple sent people to deliver some turkeys and hares. The warriors were hunting in the mountains and also caught a wild deer."
"very good!"
Hearing this, Shulot nodded with satisfaction and gave instructions in a deep voice.
"Have people bring wild deer and turkeys, and prepare a few obsidian daggers of different sizes. Also, bring the crystal magnifying glass newly made by the gem craftsman."
"Do your will!"
The cold female warrior lowered her head and saluted. She looked deeply, swept across His Highness's cheetah-like body, and quietly licked her lips. Then, she walked away backwards and disappeared within a moment.
Alyssa looked thoughtfully, glanced at the graceful back of the female warrior, and asked softly.
"Shullot, what do you want deer and turkey for?"
"Of course it's for lectures. In our human body, there are many organs that work together to form certain clusters, which can be called 'systems' in the human body. The so-called system is a whole that is interconnected and works together. Each The system is responsible for a specific activity of the human body, such as movement, blood supply, respiration, digestion, reproduction, immunity... And the way germs invade the human body, simply put, is to destroy specific systems in the human body... As for How to prevent and treat diseases is also related to these systems. In animals, although these systems are somewhat different from those in humans, they also exist. I will dissect them and show you one by one."
Shulot smiled slightly. Then, he suddenly thought of something and asked in a deep voice.
“Alyssa, are you afraid of blood?”
"Don't be afraid! Shulot, my father once taught me how to sacrifice wolf cubs and deer. In the future, I will also host family sacrifices for you, so how can I be afraid of blood?"
Alyssa smiled and shook her head. Few noble women in the alliance are afraid of blood. Because in tradition, blood contains vitality and is also the first choice sacrifice to the gods.
"Good! What a good wife!"
Shulot smiled and nodded. He recalled the question he had just asked and couldn't help but laugh at himself.
In this era, the alliance's requirements for aristocratic women are not to be demure and dignified, not to leave the front door, and not to leave the second door. All tribes in the world regard war as their top priority and sacrifice as their daily activity. Many noble women will practice long sticks and daggers, learn bows and arrows and throw spears, and even participate in battles and hunting like warriors. In addition to practicing martial arts, older ladies who want to take care of the family need to learn cooking, weaving and farming, and master the vital sacrificial rituals.
Alyssa's grandmother, Montezuma's daughter, Atotosteli, was a royal princess who held a magic staff and a long dagger at her waist, and once sacrificed enemy prisoners with her own hands. Her image is very similar to that of Mu Xinfu in the Shang Dynasty, and she is revered by the Mexica people.
The two chatted and laughed for a few moments before Naxiu hurried over with a few warriors. The warriors erected a frame, set up a tied wild deer, and tied two flopping turkeys.
Then, Shulot stood up and came to the wild deer. With a calm expression on his face, he took the sharp obsidian dagger from Na Xiu's hand, lightly scratched the deerskin twice, and nodded to express his satisfaction. The Obsidian scalpel has a sharper, more precise cutting edge and is an excellent fine dissection tool. Then, he stretched out his hand on the wild deer, groped for a moment, and felt the position of the deer's heart, which was approximately above the front legs of the front half of the body.
"Alyssa, take two steps back and don't let the blood splash into your eyes."
Shulot ordered his lover and calmly stretched out his hand. He dropped the sharp dagger and slashed it open steadily, like a sacred sacrifice.
