Qi Yatou just stared at him and smiled without saying a word.
Zhao Chuan wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say at this time.
Zhao Chuan felt a little guilty and was thinking about how to explain today's events to Qi Yatou.
The seventh girl stretched out her hand and said, "Hand over the Qiankun bag!"
Zhao Chuan was puzzled, "What for?"
"I'll take care of it. Put the money and everything else you have on you into the Qiankun Bag, so that you won't have to do stupid things that attract bees and butterflies when I'm not around. Don't forget what your great-grandfather told you!"
"Oh my God, how can you say this? There is no direct relationship between keeping a low profile and attracting bees and butterflies, right? How can we continue the Zhao family's incense in the future if we don't attract bees and butterflies? It is Grandpa's order to continue the Zhao family's incense?" Zhao Chuan defended.
"Yes! If something goes wrong while playing like this, how can you continue the Zhao family's legacy?"
Zhao Chuan thought about it and realized that he was in the wrong. After all, he had a guilty conscience, so he had no choice but to do as he was told.
Later, Qi Yatou asked him to talk about what happened today.
Zhao Chuan had no choice but to tell her everything that happened just now.
Including what happened in Shopkeeper Wang's drug store, but she didn't say anything about Shopkeeper Wang's wife asking Zhao Chuan to have a private meeting with her in the middle of the night.
After Qi Yatou heard this, she let out a long sigh and said that a lot of things happened to you today.
"Yeah, it's all a mess." Zhao Chuan scratched his head.
"There is another bad thing that you may not know about." Qi Yatou sighed softly and looked at Zhao Chuan with some sympathy.
"What's the matter?"
"We'll talk about this later. First, tell me what you plan to do next?" Qi Yatou asked Zhao Chuan.
Zhao Chuan thought for a moment and said, "What else can we do? The deposit has been paid, so we can only wait three days until the shopkeeper Wang of the drug store has collected all the materials we need, and then he will leave."
Qi Yatou said that she was afraid that shopkeeper Wang couldn't get all the materials you asked for.
Zhao Chuan said, why do you say that? I don’t think Shopkeeper Wang is a liar.
Qi Yatou said that shopkeeper Wang is a speculative businessman. He will definitely find medicinal materials for you for profit, but he will not lie to you. It's just that something happened in Jiangzhou City now. I'm afraid that all the medicinal materials will be in tension in the recent period, and the elixirs you want will be even more difficult to obtain.
Tell me what happened, Zhao Chuan urged.
Qi Yatou said that I actually went out today because I wanted to have fun in Jiangzhou City. I didn’t want to find medicine for you. I just said that deliberately to whet your appetite when we were eating downstairs.
But when I went to Jiangzhou City, I realized that it was difficult to find medicine even if I wanted to. Because I got some news in the city, which is very detrimental to you.
Zhao Chuan said, hurry up and say it, it’s getting dark, you women are always long-winded when talking, let alone mother-in-law and mother-in-law.
"Your master Xiaoyaozi ran away!" Qi Yatou said directly.
"When did this happen? Why?" Zhao Chuan lit the oil lamp in the guest room.
Qi Yatou said that what happened today was that something went wrong with the sergeant treating the plague, so Xiaoyaozi had to run away. In other words, you can still find Xiaoyaozi before noon today, but you won't be able to find him tomorrow.
Zhao Chuan felt extremely regretful when he heard that the first two were the biggest.
What bad luck! The original intention of coming to Jiangzhou this time was to find Xiaoyaozi and see if there was any way to crack the sealed acupuncture points. If I had known that he was going to run away today, I might as well have gone to the city to find him as soon as I got off the boat.
Qi Yatou said that it was already like this, don’t worry, listen to me explain the cause and effect first, and maybe you can think of other ways.
Zhao Chuan was in a bad mood and didn't even want to say anything anymore. He waved his hand to Qi Yatou to speak.
Qi Yatou said that's fine, I'll help you analyze it while I'm talking. Do you want to hear what I say is right?
Qi Yatou said that the incident originated from Lord Hou sending troops to the north to quell the mob rebellion.
But after the soldiers returned, a plague spread in the barracks, and tens of thousands of people have died so far.
Zhao Chuan immediately interrupted Qi Yatou and said, isn't it right? If so, the infection would have reached here long ago. Why is there no movement outside?
Qi Yatou said don't worry, just listen to me. I heard that so many soldiers died, but I didn't believe it. I also wanted to go to the barracks to see for myself.
I asked someone about the way to the nearby barracks, but they told me not to go. The area around the barracks had been sealed off for a long time. Normally, I could only enter but not give out. After telling me such a thing, no one dared to go even a few miles away from the barracks. No one was seen far away.
Zhao Chuan said that everyone has said so, but you still want to go there. Are you not afraid of going there?
Qi Yatou said there was nothing to be afraid of, it was okay to just look at it from a distance, and besides, those with spiritual energy cultivation had a certain ability to resist.
But I found the sick camp and found that I really couldn't go there because there were guards shooting random arrows from a long way away. I heard that only Taoists from Qingfeng Temple could enter.
I inquired again, because the Taoist priests at Qingfeng Temple were ordered by the Marquis to treat illnesses.
However, the Taoist priests at Qingfengguan belong to the Quanzhen sect, which mainly focuses on refining inner elixirs and cultivating immortals. They are not very good at subduing demons, slaying demons, drawing talismans, catching ghosts, medical techniques, and other miscellaneous subjects.
After asking around some more, I found out more details.
It was because the soldiers of the Marquis were infected with the plague and couldn't be cured despite seeking treatment everywhere, so the Marquis issued a death order asking the Taoists of Qingfeng Temple to find a way to cure it, otherwise Qingfeng Temple would no longer exist.
Qingfengguan was very annoyed because he didn't want to go at all. Qingfeng Temple used to be very impressive. It was supported by the royal family before the death of the former emperor. It is said that in the earlier generations of emperors, a minister in the court personally ordered the construction of Qingfeng Temple.
However, since the death of the former emperor, the new emperor no longer valued Qingfeng Guan. In fact, the powerful minister who protected the young emperor no longer valued Qingfeng Guan. The emperor and his courtiers are like this in the world. Nothing can always gain power.
Qingfengguan no longer has the favor of the royal family, and has no support. The annual subsidy money, food, rice and food are gone. It has to blame itself for its profits and losses, and of course it can no longer be awesome.
This time, the soldiers of the Marquis of Jiangzhou City were infected with the plague. They sought treatment everywhere but could not get it, so they issued a death order asking the Taoists at Qingfeng Temple to find a way to cure it. In the past, Qingfengguan didn't care about him at all. What is a marquis? Isn't he just the governor of a county? There are thirty-six counties in the world, and as a county governor, he is only a second-rank official. Who doesn't know his background back then?
This marquis was a bandit, and later he set up an escort agency to clear his name. As a result, he got lucky and met the little emperor who was attacked by barbarians from the north and broke through the capital. He was chased and fled here. He was seriously ill and dying. It happened that an escort protected him and escaped to the southern seaside, so he escaped this disaster. Later, when the young emperor returned to the capital, he rewarded the head of the escort agency with the title of prince. It was the later marquis who also granted him a piece of land.
Of course, Zhao Chuan already knew about this. Huang Jin once told him in detail. Huang Jin said that the marquis' name was Tong Wencheng. He was a ruthless bandit leader who wanted to seize the king twenty years ago. He opened escort agencies in many cities as a cover. It was called Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, and it colluded with officials in many places and became famous far and wide.
It is true that Tong Wencheng was born as a gangster, vicious and vicious, but he had a literary name. However, in reality, he did not have the previous achievements, but he became a gangster.
The young emperor rewarded Tong Wencheng with the title of prince, and also approved a piece of land. This is Jiangzhou County.
In fact, what Huang Jin didn't know was that the original county governor was Prince Zhou Tong, and this was the hereditary fiefdom of the Zhou family. Later, the little emperor who now ascended the throne rewarded his savior Tong Wencheng, and made an exception by making him a marquis.
In fact, Jiangzhou County is not that big. It is relatively small among the thirty-six counties in the country. It is still located in the barren southern mountainous area.
But Tong Wencheng was so happy that he had completely shed his shell and became clean now, so he didn't care how big the territory was. Not only that, he also did not forget to repay his kindness, and every year he thought of ways to pay tribute to the little emperor with some rare treasures to repay his kindness.
Take this tribute as an example. Zhao Chuan saw it with his own eyes on the luxury passenger ship. The Marquis brought a dozen beauties from the South China Sea as tribute, and they were all pregnant. I don’t know what they meant. It was weird.
Therefore, Qingfengguan lost power and did not dare to offend the Marquis. When the Marquis issued a death order to rescue the soldiers who had suffered from the plague, Qingfengguan had no choice but to mobilize all the troops to eliminate the disaster.
But this disease is really difficult to get rid of, because it is a plague.
You said this is the same for the Marquis. If you want money, you can just ask for it directly, but others won't. If you ask for money directly, won't you look poor and make others look down on you? So the Marquis came up with an idea to let some unruly people rebel, and then took this opportunity to openly ask the emperor for money to put down the rebellion.
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy.
It just had a sequelae: the soldiers who went to quell the civil strife brought back the plague.
The Marquis' Jiangzhou County has more than ten counties. Each county has only 12,000 troops to maintain law and order, and the entire county has only 200,000 sergeants.
This was the first time we went out to suppress bandits, and 50,000 soldiers were sent from different counties in the county. As soon as the soldiers returned to their old places, all the military camps in various places were infected.
It is said that the cause was that some of the rebellious people who went to Panlong Mountain to hunt for treasures contracted the plague.
Zhao Chuan said that I know about Panlong Mountain. The north of that mountain is my hometown. I also stayed in that mountain for a while two years ago. There are indeed some weird things there.
Qi Yatou said, "So, these returning soldiers have a strange disease. Since no one knows what the disease is, it cannot be cured, and it is contagious, so it can only be called a plague."
The condition continued to worsen, and all the good doctors were in vain. The doctors said they had never seen it and could not cure it. In less than a month, almost half of the 200,000 people were sick.
The Marquis sent several urgent official letters a day to the capital for help. The people who came either took one look and left, or were helpless. Even the imperial doctor shook his head and sighed.
In the end, no one dared to come. Even the common people near the military camp had fled. Who dared to approach? If the infection cannot be cured, it will kill people.
When the Marquis saw so many people dead, he became anxious and ordered Qingfeng Guan to take action.
There are only 200,000 sergeants in the county, and now the number has dropped to one-half. How can the marquis not be in a hurry?
But Qingfengguan didn't have a good plan. Qingfengguan was not good at curing diseases, but he had no choice but to go. After all, he was staying on someone else's territory and he lost the support of the royal family, so he had to go.
Qingfeng Guan specializes in inner alchemy. It is okay to improve one's health, but it is not his strong point to help others treat illnesses.
The host had no choice but to take the people who were able to move down the mountain. The presiding officer's only way to treat the disease is to use his Taoist spiritual practice to be higher, and force the sergeant to use spiritual energy to directly extend the treatment into the body. Because there is no other way, others have tried herbal medicine to treat diseases, but no herbal medicine seems to have any effect on the plague.
The plague is contagious, and many Taoists were infected by close contact with patients. In the end, even the host died. Although nearly a thousand Taoists from across the country went down the mountain to try their best to treat the victims, they only managed to delay the disease, and the Taoists themselves lost more than one to two hundred people.
Zhao Chuan said, I understand. The host must have been unable to see before he died. He felt that his ability to see was no longer enough, and he had to seek help from other sources.
Qi Yatou said yes, but people said that Qingfeng Temple has been arrogant and aloof for many years. In the past, it had its own royal aura and did not pay attention to socializing with the outside world or colleagues, so it talked about other Taoist temples that belonged to the Quanzhen sect. , and rarely have close intersections. Now that I have such a life-threatening task, I want to ask others to help me, but no one wants to come, but they dare not come.
Zhao Chuan said it was no wonder. The host gave up his seat to my third uncle Zhao Kai before he died, and he was forced to take the job. It turned out to be for a certain purpose. Otherwise, why did my third uncle once say in front of me that he was "only a temporary host, at best a puppet, a target, and a scapegoat?"
Qi Yatou said that this was probably the case, otherwise even if we forced the arrangement, your third uncle would not be the host.
Zhao Chuan said that your analysis was very accurate. Even if the juniors at Qingfengguan gave the third uncle the nickname "Uncle Silly", it would not be his turn to be the host.
"No, I remembered it." Zhao Chuan said, "The host may not have wanted to harm the third uncle by doing this. The host also has his own considerations."
What did Qi Yatou say?
Zhao Chuan said that the host thought that his third uncle was away all year round and must have made a lot of connections. Even if he didn't do it deliberately, at least it was better than other people who stayed in the audience every day. So he asked the third uncle to be the host, and the third uncle invited Xiaoyaozi, because Xiaoyaozi was an upright sect, and his specialty was to ask gods to catch ghosts, draw talismans and pray for rituals to cure diseases.
Qi Yatou smiled and said, "I didn't expect your third uncle to be so unreliable. He ran away after being here for a few days, and even gave you the host's seat. Haha, isn't this nonsense?"
Zhao Chuan had a dark look on his face, and he was not the only one who said he was unreliable. The person he invited, my nominal master Xiaoyaozi, didn't run away now?
Qi Yatou said that this is not the case. I have specifically inquired about it. After your master Xiaoyaozi went there, he made a lot of efforts and really saved many people. However, the officers in the barracks later did not listen to him. , he left after he couldn't do it anymore.
Zhao Chuan said this happened? I thought that Xiaoyaozi had no real skills and only knew how to do thunder and lightning. Please tell me more about what is going on.
