sin of nature

In front of him was a young man with a flat head and full face, who looked a little older than Xiao Ming, dressed in common clothes, kneeling upright in front of him, neither humble nor overbearing, his hair was neatly tied, and he had a rather strong temperament.

"Miraculous doctor Xiao, I, Zhang Ke, deputy general of the Qingyue Imperial Guard, come to seek medical treatment on behalf of my general."

Xiao Ming hastily pulled the man up from the ground and entered the medical hall.

In the north of Yingguo, there is a country rich in jade named Qingyue.

The Qingyue Kingdom is thousands of miles away from the Yingguo, and the wells and rivers of the two countries do not interfere with the rivers. Please visit the Yue Kingdom every year and present the best jade treasures. Gifts of goods, although the people of the two countries are separated by thousands of miles, there are still contacts. There are people from Qingyue to Yingguo, and Yingguo to Qingyue to settle down. The city-states of the two countries also give them the same treatment as the local people. It hasn't changed in ten years.

Huang Li helped Jin Buhuan to rest in the bedroom on the second floor of the medical building, and made another pot of tea for the two of them.

Xiao Ming made a gesture of invitation.

"As far as I know, your country has always been peaceful, how could the general be injured?"

Deputy General Zhang took a sip of his tea and frowned.

"The genius doctor does not know that Qingyue has indeed been on good terms with other countries, and there has been no war for many years. But there is an independent city-state bordering a city in the south of our country. This city is extremely strange. Ding is rare, and there are no guards even at the border. Because it is white all the year round and white powder falls, it is called Feishuang City. In the past, other countries wanted to include this city in their territory and sent [-] troops. Only one escaped."

"The only person who escaped fled all the way back, faced the Holy Majesty of the country, and said the seven words 'Whoever enters my city will be killed without mercy', and immediately bled to death from his seven orifices. The Holy Majesty was furious and sent [-] troops to encircle and suppress, but there was only one person." It has not been returned. Since then, no one has dared to attack that city. Although our country is adjacent to it, it has never invaded for many years."

"But in the past six months, the soldiers stationed at the border between Feishuang and our country have often disappeared for no reason. The general feels that Feishuang City is too strange, and he dare not act rashly to avoid unnecessary disasters. But just a month ago, those soldiers who disappeared The corpses of the soldiers all appeared within five miles of the border, on the boundary of Feishuang City. The garrison generals sent more than ten people to the city to recover the corpses of the soldiers, and also to inquire about the strangeness. In the end, even these ten people and the dozens The bodies have all disappeared."

"The Holy Majesty was furious, and immediately dispatched two thousand elite soldiers and the general, and ordered him to set off immediately to attack Feishuang. The general recalled the previous battles in other countries, fearing that he would lose more soldiers, so he summoned all the soldiers to explain the danger of this mission. , only led 21 people who voluntarily went into Feishuang, and the rest stayed in the city temporarily. I was going to advance and retreat with the general, but I was insisted on staying. He wants me to return to the capital with his autographed letter."

"All the soldiers thought that this time there was no return. However, within two days, the 51 soldiers and the general returned to the city together, but they were all seriously injured and dying."

Xiao Ming pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is it the wound of the sword?"

Deputy General Zhang showed some fear on his face, "It's indeed a sword wound, but if it's just that, with time to cultivate, it can be cured. The strange thing is that these sword wounds are all caused by themselves."

As if thinking of something bad, he took a sip of the cold tea dryly, and continued, "At that time, I and other soldiers waited for them to return at the junction, but every one of them was flesh and blood. Fuzzy, none of the horses were brought back. According to them, they were hacked to death by themselves. They lost control of their right hands and touched everything around them, including attacking themselves. The wounds on their bodies were all caused by themselves. Caused by weapons or with bare hands... Whenever they are asked what they experienced in Frost, the right hand will attack themselves to stop them from mentioning any news about the city. The wounds on their bodies have not yet healed , then it will get worse again, and this cycle will go on and on, and one day if it is not complete, it will return to the underworld."

Xiao Ming lowered his head slightly, rubbing the teacup in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Are there more than 20 people who have died because of attacking themselves?"

"I left Qingyue three days ago, and no one has died yet."

Xiao Ming nodded clearly, "Although we haven't seen the specific conditions of those dozens of soldiers yet, we can generally conclude that the skin trauma of these soldiers can be healed with ordinary herbal medicine. The uncontrolled arms should be caused by some kind of sorcery."

"Does the genius doctor have a solution?"

There was a trace of worry on Xiao Ming's face, "There is one thing that can be suppressed, but I don't know if it will last..."

Seeing Xiao Ming's hesitation, Deputy General Zhang knelt down again with a "boom--".

"The fact that all the officers and men are in critical condition to seek medical advice from thousands of miles away. I am afraid that no one else in the world can cure this strange disease. I also hope that the genius doctor will go to Qingyue with his humble post to diagnose and treat it face to face."

Seeing him kneeling in front of him again, Xiao Ming pulled him up again with a headache.

"Is there any reason for Xiao to see death without saving him? Vice-General Zhang doesn't have to do that. Within three days, I will bid farewell to City Lord Shanyang, and I will be on my way immediately, okay?"

Deputy General Zhang thought that this consultation would be in vain in all likelihood, after all, he was thousands of miles away in another country, and the symptoms were unprovoked, so he couldn't help thanking him repeatedly, feeling very excited.

"In this way, I will immediately start buying chariots and horses. Once the genius doctor is ready, we will set off immediately. No matter whether we can cure the strange diseases of the soldiers this time, Qingyue will definitely thank you very much."

Three days later, the group was ready to go.

Jin Buhuan and Huan Li also insisted on following, but Xiao Ming had no choice but to take them with him.

A group of people waited outside the medical hall for Xiao Ming who was still packing his things, Jin Buhuan and Huang Li bickered as if no one was there.

"Lord Huanshui, why do you want to go with us this time? Our master can't take care of himself, how can we distract you to take care of you?"

"You are still able to go with a yellow mouth, why can't I go with you? You are more like a drag bottle."

"I have to take care of my lord's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but you, I have no time to take care of it."

"Your adult is not a three-year-old child, why do you need to take care of him, you must have never been away from an adult. It's no wonder that Ming Shui has such a good temper that made you so willful."

"Master Huan Shui, don't call me childishly, I..."

Before Huang Li finished speaking, Xiao Ming walked out of the medical hall, coughed heavily, and interrupted what he hadn't said yet.

Xiao Ming turned to Deputy General Zhang, "The things are ready and we can go on the road immediately."

Vice General Zhang, the other three, and a servant set off together.

Huan Li and Deputy General Zhang rode in the front on horseback, followed by the servants driving Xiao Ming and Jin Buhuan's carriage.

Walking to the gate of the city, the city lord and several attendants were already waiting there.

Xiao Ming got off the carriage and saluted him.

The city lord ordered someone to take a tray with a jug of wine and two wine glasses inside.

The city lord personally filled the wine glass and handed it to Xiao Ming.

"The miracle doctor is gone, when will he return?"

"Qingyue is thousands of miles away. If the disease can be cured smoothly, it will take a month."

The city lord himself raised his wine glass and bowed to salute.

"I want to come to a miracle doctor to take care of me. For more than five years, I have blessed the people of my side with peace and happiness. I pretend to be the city lord, but I can't compare with the miracle doctor hanging the pot to help the world. I just bid farewell with thin wine. I wish you a happy journey."

Xiao Ming was about to drink when the city lord raised his hand and flicked a cloud of dust into the wine.

Xiao Ming was puzzled.

"It's better to love a piece of land in your hometown than ten thousand taels of gold in another country (Note), and hope that the genius doctor will return soon."

After all, the city lord drank the wine in his glass.

Xiao Ming nodded to express his understanding, and raised his head to fill up the wine in the glass.

Jin Buhuan in the carriage pulled up the curtain, and whispered to Huan Li who was riding a horse outside the carriage, "This good-natured city lord thinks highly of Lord Mingshui, and what he said is full of reluctance."

Huan Li snorted softly, with some dissatisfaction in his tone, "Over the years, my lord and I have been wandering around, never deciding where to settle, every time we go to a place, it can be as short as three days or as long as half a year, and we have never had the intention of settling down. Although I stayed here for five years, my lord has never made up my mind to stay here. It's just that others don't think so. My lord's treatment here is to follow my own heart, and these ordinary people have to take it for granted Treat it as your own private property. Lord Huan Shui, have you ever heard of the word "greedy?"

Jin Buhuan was stunned, and didn't know how to respond for a moment, "Why did you say that? Thinking about being kind to everyone, there is nothing wrong with Master Mingshui. Where did you come from?"

Huan Li's eyes became a little sharper, and he lowered his voice, "In the past three years, no one in Shanyang has died of illness. As long as there is still a heart to live, which one has not seen the sunrise of tomorrow, those rare and exotic beasts?" It’s nothing more than the fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum. Master Huan Shui really doesn’t know what you can use to cure those people who are terminally ill and have no cure? But people’s hearts are far away. On that day, Your Excellency bid farewell in the city lord’s mansion. I waited in the side hall and clearly heard An envoy from the capital secretly instructed the city lord, saying that the holy majesty is looking for the elixir of immortality, and asked the city lord to invite people to the capital to develop it. However, the sanctimonious city lord was not worried about how many people he had in the city, but how much he could get with his lord. Political achievements and money. And the envoy from the capital city also used this to make money. The two sides are in a stalemate. Enlarging people out of the city is a dangerous move for soldiers. They use it as a way to delay progress, seek more money, and fill their own pockets. Now Now, the Holy Majesty means to give enough preferential treatment and invite people to enter the capital, and if they delay so much, if the Holy Majesty is furious, they only need to put all the crimes on the Lord."

Jin Buhuan has been living in the God Realm for hundreds of years, and he has never heard of such complicated calculations in the Human World. Hearing his explanation, he couldn't come to his senses for a long time.

"Master Ming Shui knows about this?"

Huan Li frowned, "I think your lord knows, but you probably won't leave Shanyang because of it..." Then he turned his head and asked, "Does Master Huan Shui know, why does your lord care so much about Shanyang? I Every time I ask this, the adults will prevaricate with various reasons, is it really just a coincidence?"

Jin Buhuan looked at Huang Li's clear eyes, his throat was a little tight, and those interrupted jokes were stuck in his throat and he couldn't get out.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming returned to the carriage in time, urged to start, and ended the topic.

Note: "Journey to the West"