Several students came, and in addition to the medical sect, there were also people who were bold enough to join in the fun.
Princess Ding'an stood at the front, still in the neat shorts she wore during the day, "Brother Nangong, I heard someone was injured?"
Someone with sharp eyes said, "Ah! This wound was caused by a bite!"
"Is there really a yaksha that eats people?"
"not sure."
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Qi Shang stretched out his hand to stop her, "Which student is willing to diagnose and treat her?"
No one spoke for a moment.
Jixia Palace started classes in the first month of the year, and it has only been a few months so far. Those who join the medical sect will do well in practicing medicine in the future, but now how many people dare to inject acupuncture and prescribe medicine? How to cure people?
"I'll do it." Princess Ding'an said cheerfully.
Everyone immediately looked at him with admiration.
There were students and people nearby who praised her: "Although Princess Ding'an usually looks cute and arrogant, she is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to serious matters."
"That's not the case." Some women sneered, "Unlike some people, what's the point of looking at a dead person? The dead person can't move. It doesn't matter if you make a few wrong cuts. But it's different for a living person. Even if the dosage of the medicine is wrong, you will take it. The problem must be that it is more difficult to cure diseases, otherwise there are only medical saints and medical immortals in the world, but have you ever heard of a man being a saint?"
Everyone chuckled softly.
Lu Anran glanced around calmly, "I also hope that you won't be useful until the day you become a widower."
Everyone: "..." How did you speak?
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The guards searched half of the forest, but there was no sign of anyone at all, not even any footprints.
"Is there really a yaksha that eats people?" This idea gradually became clear in everyone's mind.
Guanyue searched around secretly and came back and said, "Either Yaksha, or this person's Qinggong has reached its peak."
Yun Qi touched his chin and thought: "Qinggong also requires strength. It is impossible to fly out of thin air. There is not even half a footprint?"
Guanyue shook his head, "The soil in the forest is moist. If you step on it, it will definitely leave marks, but my subordinates found nothing."
Yun Qi sighed: "It seems that the monster this time is difficult to catch."
Lu Anran put down the pen, but before the ink dried on the paper, the character who appeared was exactly the image of Yaksha described by Meng Shizhao last night.
Mo Yan looked at it and grinned: "Can this thing call people?"
Lu Taotao grabbed it and rolled his eyes: "You are so stupid, you already said that Yaksha is a ghost."
Guanyue said bluntly: "It does not conform to the normal development rules of characters."
"I have read some books in the past two days. Yaksha is an evil ghost, brave and violent, and can eat people." Lu Anran adjusted his sleeves, turned around and looked at a few people, and said: "Later, he was taught by the Buddha and became a protector of the Dharma. god."
Lu Taotao held his face in his hands: "Can a man-eating evil ghost become a god? No wonder Buddhism is not popular these days, and Bodhisattvas don't know good from evil."
Mo Yan nodded: "Yes, even if many good people die, they may not become immortals."
Lu Anran said calmly: "Buddha talks about cultivating the mind, and all things are caused by fate."
"Wait a minute." Yun Qi opened the folding fan and patted his chest, his hair flying. His peach blossom eyes were slightly hooked, and his eyes were shining. "I remember that in the Zhou family case, Yaksha was driven away by the statue of the Three Pure Ones and escaped."
Lu Anran smoothed the rice paper on the table, "Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have not separated families."
Soldiers came outside to report that the girl who was rescued woke up in the middle of the night yesterday.
The woman was placed in Princess Ding'an's tent, and it was Princess Ding'an who took the initiative to facilitate her treatment.
When Lu Anran and Yun Qi went in, they saw that the maid of Princess Ding'an had just served the woman to drink the medicine, so the medicine was very strong, and there was a faint smell of blood hidden in it.
Lu Anran lowered his gaze and saw that the woman had a white cloth wrapped around her neck. Her face was pale, her appearance was quite beautiful, and her eyes were timid as she looked at the people in front of her.
She opened her mouth, and Princess Ding'an hurriedly said: "The wound is on the throat. Don't talk too much. If you have anything to say, you can write it down with your hands."
Lu Anran had never seen such a gentle and patient side of Princess Ding'an. He glanced at Nangong Zhi next to him and probably understood something in his heart.
"You can write, right?"
The woman nodded, sat up, and took the pen and paper handed over by the maid, "Thank you for saving me."
Nangong Zhi looked at her for a while and said, "She is weak. Let's ask more about the key points."
Qi Shang stood at the end. Hearing this, he looked towards Yun Qi, and Nangong Zhi happened to look over as well.
Yun Qi pointed to himself, "Look at what I'm doing, I don't know her."
Nangong Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "Prince Yun, you are Sicheng, the inquisitor, and you are sent by the Holy One to investigate the case of Yaksha's cannibalism. You should be the one to inquire."
"Oh~" Yun Qi raised his eyebrows and said matter-of-factly, "I almost forgot if you didn't tell me." He took a few steps forward, cleared his throat, and said, "What's your name? How old are you? Where do you live?"
Nowhere is the question asked on point.
Just as the woman was about to start writing, Nangong Zhi raised his hand to stop him, "Tell me why you appeared there at night, but what do you think the person who attacked you looks like?"
A few lines were written on a piece of paper and passed over. The handwriting on it was very beautiful——
'My name is He He. I got lost in the mountains collecting herbs. '
After reading the paper, Nangong Zhi asked, "Didn't you see his appearance?"
He He shook his head, and Nangong Zhi asked again, "Can't you see clearly?"
When Hehe nodded, Nangong Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Is he masked?"
Hehe looked a little hesitant, and wrote: "The face is dark, with a clear light, and the facial features are unclear."
Princess Ding'an grabbed Nangong Zhi's sleeve, "What a Yaksha!"
Nangong Zhi patted her arm and asked her to let go, then faced He He and said, "Have you ever gone into this forest to collect medicine before?"
Hehe shook his head again and raised a finger to indicate that he was going there for the first time.
Due to severe injuries and excessive blood loss, He He soon became unable to hold on any longer. Everyone came out one after another, leaving the maidservant of Princess Ding'an to guard inside.
"Nangong Shaofu has a problem with this prince?" Yun Qi settled the old score as soon as he came out.
Nangong Zhi was surprised: "Why did Prince Yun say this?"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "Obviously it was Nangong Shaofu who asked me to ask questions, but you interrupted me as soon as I opened my mouth. How is that possible?"
"Miss Hehe is not in good spirits and I'm afraid she won't be able to answer too many questions, so I think I should ask a few important ones first."
Yun Qi showed a joking smile, "Young Master remembers the name of the girl's family very well."
Nangong Zhi looked at Yun Qi's back and raised his forehead, so he didn't notice the ugly look on Princess Ding'an's face.
"You have been tired since last night. Go back and take a rest." Nangong Zhi turned around and said to Princess Ding'an.
Princess Ding'an said with a smile: "It's about treating diseases and saving people. I will devote myself to doing this all my life in the future, so I'll just treat it as practice."
Returning to the camp, Princess Ding'an stopped smiling, glanced at the occupied bed with disgust, and said to her maid: "Throw away all these things later."
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They took He He on the road together. Before setting off, Nangong Zhi went to Dongyue Zhenren's camp to tell him about this matter. Dongyue Zhenren said that he ignored secular things and Nangong Shaofu decided everything.
Within three days, everyone gradually learned the ins and outs of Hehe's night attack.
She is from Songxi Village, Diqiu County, and her father and daughter rely on her to collect herbs to support their family because of her father's mobility difficulties. When she came here that day, someone ordered some medicinal materials from her, which could only be collected from this mountain. After wasting time, she got lost again, and unexpectedly she met the rumored Yaksha.
"I didn't believe in Yaksha at first, and this was not the first time I got lost in the mountains. I thought it would be easier to walk at dawn." He He recalled, with some fear in his eyes. "The shadow appeared out of thin air and rushed towards me. I exclaimed Once you hear it, you won’t be able to scream anymore.”
Lu Anran added some hot water to her, "Fortunately, you shouted and the reinforcements were called."
He He nodded, "Thank you for setting up camp nearby, otherwise..."
At this moment, He He and Lu Anran were in the same carriage, because Princess Ding'an always rode a horse, and she was embarrassed to monopolize other people's carriages.
In fact, there were other ladies, but Hehe felt in her heart that she was not on the same level as them. She was keenly aware of the alienation and disgust that naturally emerged from their seemingly friendly attitudes.
As for Lu Anran, Hehe felt that this lady from your noble family was different from others. She was cold but real.
Lu Anran said: "Your injection was very timely, otherwise even if someone went there, it would be too late."
He He said with some embarrassment: "I usually prick my father with acupuncture a lot, so I finally mastered this technique." As he said that, he rubbed his eye sockets and looked away, "I just had one thought at the time, I can't die. If I die, who will give my father acupuncture in the future?"
This topic was a bit sentimental, and Lu Anran didn't know how to answer it.
Lu Taotao amused himself by throwing sandbags, and occasionally interjected: "What's wrong with your dad that requires acupuncture every day?"
"He injured his leg when he was young." Hehe explained: "Whenever it hurts so much that he can't sleep on rainy days, I learned some acupuncture from an old doctor. Every time after the acupuncture, he would sleep better."
After taking a break to eat at noon, Lu Anran looked out at the sky. Princess Ding'an's maid came over with a small tray, "The princess said it's time to change the dressing on your wound."
Hehe stood up quickly, "I'm tired, I can do it myself."
The maid handed the things to her, "The wound must not be exposed to water, otherwise it will easily become red and swollen."
"Thank you, Princess, for your great kindness. I don't know how to repay you."
The maid twitched her lips and said without a smile, "No need, our princess is kind-hearted. It's your luck to meet her."
"Yes Yes……"
Lu Taotao stuck his head out of the carriage and dug his ears, "Which dog outside keeps barking, disturbing my sleep."
The maid glanced at her and turned back.
Lu Taotao jumped down with a smile, "Why are you thanking her? She's just putting on a show for people to see, and she doesn't really want to save you."
He He didn't quite understand the implicit meaning of this sentence and said, "I am the princess, so it is not easy for me to treat my illness."
"What's wrong with the princess?" Lu Taotao curled her lips, "You don't have two eyes and one mouth, you eat, you poop and you fart."
Lu Anran pushed Lu Taotao's head away with one finger, "You don't want to eat."
"Eat, there are many bird's nests on this tree. How about I take out some and bake them for you later?"
Wu Fang glanced at her coldly, "How dare you roast bird eggs."
Lu Taotao put his hands on his hips and hummed: "There is no wall here, what should I be afraid of?" Fearless!
