Five kinds of medicine in another world

In the 4980th year of the Shenlong calendar, in the northern part of the Tianyuan Continent, the Shenlong Dynasty.

The Tianyuan Continent is vast and boundless. After the Divine Beast Empire that once unified the continent fell apart, the northern border was ruled by the Divine Dragon Dynasty and the southern border was ruled by the Divine Phoenix Dynasty. It has been nearly five thousand years since then.

Shenlong Dynasty, Hengdao County.

Hengdao County is one of the three major counties under the jurisdiction of Zhanwang City. The streets are bustling with people and crowded with street vendors, creating a prosperous scene.

In a corner of the street, there was a little beggar who was covering his head and groaning in pain.

There were obvious hoof prints of several animals on the little beggar's tattered clothes. It was obvious that he had just been trampled by a carriage or something. There was dark red blood at the corners of his mouth.

A closer look was even more amazing. Through his tattered clothes, you could see bite marks from various wild animals on the little beggar's body. They were of varying sizes and shapes, and it was obvious that he was not going to survive.

The people of Hengdao County were simple and honest. Some passers-by couldn't bear to see this and asked doctors from the medical clinic to come and treat the patient.

The doctor from the clinic came over, squatted down and examined the little beggar for a long time, sprinkled some medicine powder on the place where the little beggar was stepped on, and said to the passerby who asked him to come over, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate." Then he turned around and left without even settling the consultation fee with the passerby.

The sky gradually darkened, and the April night was still chilly. The little beggar who had been twitching on the street suddenly stopped twitching and slowly opened his eyes.

"Aren't I dead? Where am I here?" the little beggar muttered to himself.

"Who am I? Am I the little beggar A Gu? No, no, no, I am Tian Wen, I am Tian Wen from Blue Star, I am not A Gu from Tian Yuan Continent!"

After the struggle in his eyes slowly subsided, the little beggar finally calmed down and said, "Tianwen is dead. I am now A Gu, the A Gu of Tianyuan Continent!"

Suddenly, Ah Gu remembered his injuries and was startled. He thought, "I can't be so unlucky. I died from serious injuries right after crossing over? This is too tragic."

Then A Gu looked down and found that the wounds on his body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, which reminded him of the effect after he drank the second potion: healing.

Could it be that the effect of the potion also traveled through time? Ah Gu wondered.

Then A Gu closed his eyes and felt the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. The spiritual energy was hundreds of times more than that on Blue Star. Just feeling it made A Gu feel refreshed.

Then A Gu sorted out the memories in his mind. The memories were very simple: he was an orphan born without a father or a mother.

Since childhood, I have been working as a slave for the village chief in Tianlin Village under the jurisdiction of Sanhe County. I was whipped every day until a year ago.

A year ago, monsters invaded the village in large numbers and formed a monster tide. Almost everyone in the village was killed by monsters. He was the only one who escaped the disaster by hiding in the chicken coop because of his thin body. He held on until the cultivators repelled the monster tide.

After that, A Gu began his journey of escape. As far as he could remember, he encountered a vicious dog which he was not sure whether it was a monster or not. He was bitten by it several times before he managed to kill it and had a good meal with it.

It hit a passing carriage and was trampled, but no one cared about it.

He dragged his crippled body and barely made it to a big city. The city guards took pity on him and let him in, and he became a beggar in the city.

Until today when his injury relapsed and he could no longer hold on, a kind doctor gave him medicine, but he still did not hold on.

Recalling the three big characters on the top of the city wall when he first came here, Ah Gu's mouth twitched slightly and he muttered to himself: "Hengdao County."

Yes, A Gu was illiterate, but Tian Wen recognized it. It was exactly the same font as on the Blue Star in his previous life, square characters. There were three big words written at the city gate: Hengdao County.

A Gu felt a little sleepy and decided to talk about it tomorrow. It was getting late and A Gu leaned against the wall and fell into a deep sleep.

After all, there is nothing more worth being happy about than being alive. Even if you are a beggar, it is still a good start. A smile gradually appeared on A Gu's lips.

Five days later.

Aunt Wang, who was selling vegetables on the street, saw the young man coming from a distance and shouted enthusiastically: "Ah Gu, come quickly, my son has sent me another letter, please read it to me."

Yes, in just five days, A Gu conquered half of the street with his literacy and beautiful calligraphy.

Half of the villagers on the street knew that the little beggar A'Gu could read and write letters, better than the private school teachers who wrote to them before. The private school teachers all gave thumbs up after seeing A'Gu's handwriting.

Ah Gu came trotting over, his ragged beggar's clothes gone, replaced by a decent set of coarse cloth, making him look somewhat more handsome.

Ah Gu picked up the letter and read to Aunt Wang, "My dear mother, the Hengdao Escort Agency's apprentice recruitment ceremony will begin soon. I would like to return to Hengdao County before then to participate and resign from my post as the county guard of Wu'an County. I would like to return to my hometown to stay with you. I hope you will allow me to be your son: Wang Lei."

After A Gu finished reading the letter, Aunt Wang said to A Gu with tears in her eyes: "My child has been away for four years and finally wants to go home." Then, she said to A Gu: "Just reply to him with one word and it will be granted."

After hearing this, Ah Gu picked up a piece of clean paper, wrote a big "Approved" on it, filled in the address and other things, and handed the letter to Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang gave Ah Gu five cents and went to the county's clerk's office.

Yes, it is the post office opened by the county magistrate. It delivers messages every three days and can only be used to communicate within the three counties. Zhanwang City has three counties and eight counties under its jurisdiction. The function of the post office is to enable communication between these three counties.

Ah Gu turned around and asked Uncle Li who was selling fruit next door, "Uncle, do you know what the County Guard is? And what is the Hengdao Escort Agency?"

Uncle Li chuckled and said, "Ah Gu, how come you don't know anything? The county guards are the county guards. Even though they are just small guards, they can't be appointed without some foundation. Look, after the kid from old Wang Po's family became a county guard, the county runners who came to collect management fees were all polite and only charged Wang Po 80% of the management fee."

The old man swallowed and continued, "The county guards are one level higher than the yamen runners, and the personal guards are one level higher than the county guards. I don't know about the others."

"As for the Hengdao Escort Agency you mentioned, it's really powerful. Why is our county called Hengdao County? It's because the Hengdao Escort Agency's headquarters is here."

"As for how powerful the Hengdao Escort Agency is, I've only heard that in addition to the Imperial Capital, the Three Kings City, and the Nine County City, there are branches of the Hengdao Escort Agency in the Northern Territory, and business is endless every day. There are demons and all kinds of bandits everywhere outside the Northern Territory. Just look at the messenger office and you'll know. Those couriers have very short lives. This is still an official road, but the Hengdao Escort Agency can deliver to any place in the Northern Territory, and you'll know how powerful they are."

Uncle Li then quietly came over and said to Gu, "It is said that Hengdao Escort Agency is the most powerful force in the northern border. A few years ago, monsters attacked the county city. The monsters were taller than the city walls. The county magistrate's personal guards died one after another. Guess what happened in the end?"

Ah Gu asked cooperatively: "What's going on?"

"A master flew out from the Hengdao Escort Agency headquarters. With a flash of his sword, the monster, which was taller than the city wall, was cut in half." After saying this, Uncle Li looked at the city wall with lingering fear.

A Gu felt a surge of longing in his heart. After sending Uncle Li away, he asked about the location of the Hengdao Escort Agency and wanted to go over and take a look.

From a distance, I saw a huge courtyard. In front of the door hung a horizontal plaque with four large characters "Hengdao Escort Agency" inscribed on it. Next to it was a notice and a circle of people gathered.

Ah Gu walked over and saw that on May 1st, Hengdao Escort Agency was recruiting 100 apprentices. A second assessment would be conducted within March to decide whether the 100 people would stay or leave. The apprentices would be provided with food and accommodation, and receive five taels of silver per month. After the assessment, they would receive at least ten taels of silver per month.

A Gu looked at the date, it was tomorrow, so he decided to come and see tomorrow to see if he could join the Hengdao Escort Agency. After thinking about it, he spent five cents to eat a bowl of noodles with shredded pork, and waited quietly for tomorrow to come.