In the Funing Hall, Emperor Zhao Guangyi looked at Bai Lekang under the jade steps, and suddenly seemed to remember something.
Zhao Guangyi smiled, nodded and asked, "Is your father Bai Chen, the leader of the Five Poison Sect?".
Bai Lekang was stunned when he heard this, and replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, Cao Min's father is Bai Chen, the current head of the Five Poison Sect. Cao Min did not expect that His Majesty is busy with government affairs and has many things to do, and he is able to see the distance of the rivers and lakes from the heights of the temple. In fact, Make the common people admire you.”
Then he bowed again. This time he truly admired the emperor and was happy that the emperor knew his father.
In fact, Zhao Guangyi came across the name Bai Chen, the leader of the Five Poison Sect, once by chance while processing memorials submitted from various places. With his photographic memory, it was not difficult to remember this name;
Zhao Guangyi smiled slightly and said: "The whole world is not the land of the king, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. Although the Miao Territory is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, it is also the land of our Song Dynasty, and the people of the Miao Territory are also my people. Is there any reason for ignorance? It’s just that I didn’t know the superb medical skills of Miao doctors before, but later I found out that the Miao doctors who are so good at rejuvenating are your Five Poison Sect, which is the most authentic one. You have made it so hard for me to find him.”
Bai Lekang was very excited to receive the emperor's praise. He quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. Our Miao people have lived in the Miao border for a long time. Due to the rampant miasma and numerous snakes and insects, in order to cope with the threats to survival and reproduction, we have dealt with them very early." Medical skills have been studied, and Miao medical skills often use a different approach, using voodoo insects as a guide and driving them away. This is different from the medical skills of the Central Plains. When ordinary people use voodoo insects for His Majesty, they will use voodoo insects as a guide. If it goes against the etiquette and law, I hope your Majesty will bear with you."
Although Bai Lekang has never left Miaoling since he was a child, Bai Lekang has been influenced by the orthodox Confucian education of the great Confucian Liang Jing since he was a child, and he has long been aware of Confucian etiquette and decency;
People in the Central Plains have been quite wary of witchcraft since ancient times, and Confucianism even regarded it as a theory of strange power and chaos of gods. The eldest son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Prince Liu Ju, was framed by the villain Jiang Chong with witchcraft, which eventually led to the death of Queen Weizi. The husband and the prince Liu Zhi committed suicide, so from then on, people talked about the art of witchcraft with disdain;
After hearing this, Zhao Guangyi smiled slightly but asked instead, "Do you know Hou Mo Chenli?"
When Bai Lekang heard Zhao Guangyi's question, he frowned and thought for a while and said, "Return to the officials, the common people have never heard of this person."
"Oh! This Hou Mochen used voodoo to treat my old illness. He also used voodoo as a guide. He should be of the same line as you. I thought you all knew him." Zhao Guangyi glanced at Bai Lekang and said slowly said.
Bai Lekang heard this and said: "Reporting to the officials, our Five Poison Sect recruited disciples and taught medical skills in the early years. Many people came here to learn from them. Hou Mochenliu, who the officials mentioned, may be one of them. At that time, the common people were old I was still young and didn’t remember this person;”
"I wonder where Hou Mo Chenli is now?" Bai Lekang asked.
Zhao Guangyi nodded when he heard this, then sighed again and said, "This person is no longer alive."
After Zhao Guangyi finished speaking, he waved his hand to indicate that he would no longer talk about the matter, and then said: "I also heard this person say that he learned the Gu medical technique from Miao Xinjiang. Only he can diagnose, treat and alleviate my old disease. Now he You are no longer here, and it took me a lot of effort to find you. You just need to treat me well, and there is no need to worry about anything else."
After receiving the emperor's understanding and assurance, Bai Lekang felt relieved; he bowed again and said: "Reporting to the officials, the common people still need a few herbs to use this poison. The common people will write down a prescription in a while, please trouble the officials. Send people to prepare all the supplies; it is getting late today, and the Gu magic must be performed at noon for the best effect. I will take a bath tonight to cleanse the dirt, and I will treat the officials at noon tomorrow."
Zhao Guangyi nodded and asked: "Why does this Gu technique have the best effect at noon? When Hou Mochen used it to treat me, it was not like this?"
I was also saddened by Zhao Guangyi's question. When Hou Mochen used to treat Zhao Guangyi, he did not always treat him at noon. Instead, he came to treat Zhao Guangyi as soon as he was summoned. This was not the same as what Bai Lekang said; for his own health. For his own sake, Zhao Guangyi did not dare to be careless about every detail;
Hearing the emperor's question, Bai Lekang smiled and bowed and said: "Reporting to the officials, this poison technique is originally a yin technique, using poison as a mediator and herbs as a medium. Noon is the time when the yang energy is the strongest in the day. At this time, applying Gu can neutralize the yin and yang energy to achieve the best effect;
As for why Hou Mo Chenli did not cast bewitches in this way, it may be that he only learned the skills of bewitching, but did not understand that bewitching also pays attention to the time, place, and harmony;"
Zhao Guangyi nodded when he heard this, and suddenly looked at Bai Lekang deeply. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Can this Gu technique save people or harm people? When Taizu was walking around the world, he once said I told you that the poisons raised by the Miao people are very strange. The person who casts the poison can use the poison to control others. If the person who is poisoned cannot find the person who cast the poison, then he will not be able to remove the poison, and he will always be the one who cast the poison. Control, isn’t it?”
Bai Lekang's expression changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly leaned over and knelt down: "Reporting to the officials, the common people dare not hide it. Poison does have the ability to control people, but the common people have been disciplined by their masters since they were young. If it is not a time of life and death, or in a big situation, Those who are treacherous and evil should never take the initiative to use poison to harm others. Our Five Poison Sect is a self-contained sect, and we mostly use poison to save people. We have never taken the initiative to use poison to harm others, so I would like to ask the officials for their warning."
"Hahahaha... You don't need to worry about it. Since I told you to come here, I can trust you. All you need to do is treat me well. I will naturally not treat you badly!" Zhao Guangyi said with a smile. After some talk of carrots and sticks, Zhao Guangyi also secretly felt relieved.
Bai Lekang breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly leaned over and knelt down: "Thank you, the officials. The common people will do their best to treat the officials. It is getting late, the officials please take a rest early, and the common people will retire."
