There was a buzzing sound in Mo Li's mind, and many things that he couldn't understand were explained.
Why does he feel that the herbs collected in Shilang Mountain are different, that the boiled porridge water tastes strange, and no one but him can feel the difference.
"...Don't mess up first, the water and soil in Qiuling County may indeed be contaminated with toxicity, but the situation is not serious, we should still have time." Mo Li reluctantly calmed down, used his internal strength, and walked very quickly for a short week. sky.
Although he hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls these days, he still drank water.
The body is fine, nothing has changed.
Or the change is too slight to be noticed.
- The poisoning of water source and soil is still very mild. This chronic poisoning is a process, and it is difficult to detect it at the beginning.
Mo Li said decisively: "Call Qiu Hong to come, and I will take her pulse."
When Qiu Hong was brought over by Meng Qi, she didn't know what happened.
Mo Li was afraid of scaring her, so he didn't tell her the whole truth. He only said that the Sijia might have dug up a groundwater source when they opened the mine. It is necessary to check whether it will affect the people of Qiuling County.
Qiu Hong was very angry when she heard this, but she knew that now was not the time to scold the Si family, she simply stretched out her hand and rolled up her cuffs.
During these years, the doctor called the pulse of the female family members, and usually they had to touch them with a piece of cloth.
To avoid deviation, the cloth should not be too thick.
But now in the wilderness, everyone is covered in thick clothes, and Qiu Hong is not the one who cares about these.
Mo Li's habit is that if the patient is very concerned, he will follow the steps. If the patient doesn't care, or the patient is dying, he has no interest in pondering the pulse.
One is straightforward, the other is calm, Ning Changyuan is thoughtful.
He didn't know Qiu Hong's identity, but only thought that this woman might be able to help.
Because of the ideal of changing the world and changing people's hearts, Ning Changyuan never ignores the strength of any one person.
"Physical weakness, weak energy, physical strain... and another..." Mo Li didn't finish his sentence, only said to Qiu Hong, "It's not a big problem, hatred is stagnant in my heart, loss of life and longevity is inevitable."
Qiu Hong is not sick, her problems are all left over from years of discussion.
"Is there any problem with the water source?" Meng Qi asked.
"It's not clear yet, I can't see any obvious symptoms from Qiuhong." Mo Li pondered, Qiuhong's health is not very good, she is an ordinary person who does not know martial arts, ten meridians are naturally blocked nine and a half, there is no major problem, A bunch of little problems.
"It can only be confirmed that the people of Qiuling County have no worries about their lives for the time being."
Ning Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Mo Li added: "When the earthquake happened, I was in Qiuling County, and a huge crack appeared in the ground, and there was an unpleasant smell in it. Later, when I entered Shilang Mountain and approached a crack that might be an abandoned mine tunnel , Although I didn't smell anything, I always felt uneasy, and I thought it was because the aftermath of the earthquake caused the crack to collapse."
Meng Qi followed Doctor Mo to recall the situation at that time.
"What does mercury poisoning look like?" Meng Qi asked in a low voice, but Qiu Hong didn't hear it.
"Coma, red rashes appear on the body, and then fester. If it is caused by taking the medicine of the alchemist, there will be abdominal pain and bleeding..."
Mo Li paused, and suddenly realized that this was a serious poisoning phenomenon. Usually, when he came to see a doctor, it was basically like this. What are the mild symptoms? Mo Li had no experience, and the medical books he read did not contain these contents. Many doctors in ancient times and even today still believe that cinnabar is non-toxic and is a good medicine for curing diseases.
There are no alchemists in Zhushan County, and even Taoists use chicken blood to draw talismans, and they will not spend money on cinnabar.
"No delay, we will return to Mount Shilang immediately."
***
Although they met Ning Changyuan on the mountain road, and the group rushed to Qiuling County not too slowly, there was still an accident on Mount Shilang.
Since the theory of gold mines is prevalent in Pingzhou, there is a group of people who desperately entered Shilang Mountain in search of gold in order to make a fortune.
It is said that they found a tunnel suspected to be a gold mine and excitedly drilled into it to dig. However, within two days, various abnormalities appeared, headache and fever. Many people saw the vision and kept yelling and even attacking each other.
Because white bones and phosphorus fire were found in the tunnel, people who were still awake thought it was a ghost, and hurriedly took out the blood of the dog that had been prepared in advance, but it was useless.
In desperation, they could only withdraw, and then they met with the soldiers and horses of General Dang Kou, who was searching the mountainous area to arrest the remaining sins of the Si family, and they were arrested.
In the first trial, it was found that these people were bandits from Pinan County.
Since several nearby counties have come to provide disaster relief, there are also some doctors in Qiuling County, but they only know cinnabar and have never seen mercury, let alone what mercury poisoning is.
Seeing these mountain bandits, bleeding from their mouths, persistent high fever, and festering all over their bodies, they didn't even dare to touch them.
Because the appearance is too terrifying, the news cannot be covered at all.
When Mo Li rushed over, there was chaos in the simple camp outside the county town.
Many people were packing up and panicking to leave.
"This is not an epidemic..."
Ning Changyuan just wanted to speak loudly to appease the people, but he closed his mouth halfway through.
There is nothing wrong with making people leave Qiuling County like this.
"Why is it not an epidemic, they cough up blood! They are still hot!"
"Even if it's not an epidemic, it's still a ghost!"
There is only one thought in everyone's mind, that is to leave here as soon as possible, and if you go too late, you will die.
Mo Li helped a few people who were squeezed to the point of falling, including old people, children, and women.
He was born to be outstanding in appearance, but also to help others, even the woman did not blame him, and even advised him to leave as soon as possible.
Ning Changyuan's expression was very subtle. He could see that Mo Li's help was real, but he also took the opportunity to catch the pulse of several people.
"How about it?"
"It's all normal, and there are no obvious abnormalities. It seems that it has not spread to the people of Qiuling County." Mo Li replied.
At this time, Meng Qi came back. His face was very useful to General Liu's personal soldiers. He could get a lot of news without seeing Liu Dan at all.
Hearing what happened to those mountain bandits, Mo Li kept silent, and took advantage of the chaos to see the dying.
“… Once the mercury leaves the sealed vessel, it will naturally dissipate, and a small amount of inhalation will not be a big problem, but the abandoned mine tunnel is airtight, and these people have been in it for nearly two days. Fall, but it can't be saved."
Ning Changyuan followed him. He didn't know how to use medicine, but he knew how alchemy was going. He was talking about the properties of mercury and his guesses about the abnormality of the mountain bandits.
"The imperial court must be prevented from taking over the Shilangshan gold mine and further excavation?"
"The Si family has almost hollowed out the gold mine. Even if they take over, the gold they find will disappoint them. General Dangkou should report this matter to the court." Mo Li thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "More Now, the topography of Mount Shilang has changed drastically, and there are still lingering earthquakes every day, and the whole is sinking, making it more and more difficult to abandon the mine.
Meng Qi stood beside him with his arms crossed, and when he heard this, he gave Mo Li a wink.
Ning Changyuan didn't pay attention to Meng Qi's actions. He asked in surprise, "The doctor went to the mountain before? Do you know that the mountain is sinking?"
Mo Li knew that he had made a blunder, and he nodded without explaining how he knew.
"Cough, the soldiers and horses under General Dang Kou are still searching Silang Mountain for the remnants of the Si family." Meng Qi approached Mo Li and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Do you want me to find Liu Qiandai?"
"… Need not."
Doctor Mo glanced at Meng Qi, thinking that although Liu Dan was seriously injured, he wouldn't be able to get out of bed, obviously hiding from someone!
"Don't come to scare people." Mo Li said with a headache, "There is no Ningshenwan now, what should I do if you suddenly have a seizure?"
Mo Li's original intention was that he didn't want to fight with Meng Qi or learn to meow.
However, these words sounded ambiguous, because they had friendship and shared secrets, and they were not strangers, so they talked a lot more casually. Mo Li didn't notice anything wrong. After Meng Qi was stunned, he felt inexplicably ironed. .
It was as if he had some sort of intimate connection with the doctor.
- Other explanations such as the doctor's responsibility for the patient and the care between the same clan were directly left behind by Meng Qi.
Leaving the camp, the three went to see the water source separately.
The results were the same, no poisonous, but the ink carp didn't want to drink it.
This is probably the instinctive reaction of the dragon veins, Doctor Mo thought, cinnabar and mercury are usually chronic poisoning, and it will take a long time for clues to appear.
Anyway, Shilang Mountain can no longer live.
"The mountain bandit thing can be used." Meng Qi said without hesitation.
He is not like Mo Li, nor is he Ning Changyuan, and he frowns when he sees the tragic state of the bandits.
"Whether it's a ghost or an epidemic, if people can stop setting foot on Shilang Mountain, dig at random, and dare not live near this place, they can save countless people."
After Meng Qi finished speaking, he asked Mo Li again: "By the way, what is the reason for the illusion they saw? Phosphorus fire?"
"No, when the cinnabar, that is, the poison of mercury, will become crazy, it is recorded in the history books."
When Doctor Mo said this, Meng Qi also remembered. Emperor Chen Chaoli believed in the technique of alchemy for longevity and took it personally. Although someone tried the medicine every time, the person who tried the medicine only took one pill, but the emperor took the moon every day. After a few years, he became extremely violent, always suspicious, thinking that someone was going to assassinate him, executed many palace officials and even courtiers for no reason, and finally left a name as a tyrant in the history books.
At the beginning of the Chen Dynasty, it was not so decadent. In the early days of Emperor Li's reign, he was also known as a wise man. Historical records only say that his temperament changed greatly when he got old, or that his nature was violent. In the doctor's eyes, this is not the case. It is clearly due to poisoning by taking pills, and there is a mental problem.
Knowing why the bandit went mad, Ning Changyuan made up his mind, and he immediately found someone to spread the rumors.
Qiu Hong did an unexpected favor. She had heard a lot of rumors in the market and knew what kind of remarks attracted the most attention.
This time, it is possible to use the rumors of gold mines that have spread all over Pingzhou to cover Shilang Mountain with a layer of mysterious and terrifying rumors. The evil committed by the Si family is known to the whole world, and people who die in vain seem to be incarnated as ghosts, chasing after their lives.
After being so busy for three days, it was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Qiuling County didn't want to spend this year properly, and Ning Changyuan was too busy to disappear.
The ink carp remembered the tree and entered the mountain again.
"Does mercury affect Shan Ling?" Meng Qi asked slowly after him.
Wherever the doctor goes, he will go, Mo Li is almost used to having such a person by his side.
The ink carp saw the tree from a distance, and found that it was still short and thin, with some wild grass growing on the top of the peak, swaying in the wind.
"It should be, maybe the damage to the soil and water is also the reason for the collapse of the mountain spirit." The ink carp touched the trunk of the tree, and the branches tilted slightly, rubbing against the ink carp.
Meng Qi still remembered the tree shaving his face, and said deliberately: "This mountain spirit looks very stupid."
"It doesn't generate self-consciousness, and it's normal to be clumsy." Mo Li sighed. Now that I think about it, the dragon veins of Mount Shilang have not developed their wisdom for a long time, and they may also have been poisoned by mercury.
Anyone can be tossed to the point of insanity... eh
Mo Li suddenly looked up at Meng Qi, who was startled by the doctor's scorching gaze.
"… What's wrong?"
Meng Qi's first reaction touched his face, then looked down at his clothes, but found nothing unusual.
"Doctor, your eyes are so scary." Meng Qi asked tentatively, "Is there anything wrong with me?"
Mo Li's expression changed, and after a while, he said, "I remember that hundreds of years ago, there was an atmosphere of building a mountain as a mausoleum, especially the Emperor Chen Li who died after serving the pill. He exhausted the power of a country to build a mausoleum. Set up a lot of institutions, all over the gold, silver, pearls and jade?"
"That's what happened." Meng Qi was inexplicable and didn't understand why Mo Li mentioned this.
"He also imitated Emperor Qin who destroyed six kingdoms in ancient times, and made rivers, lakes and seas with mercury..."
"Yes, mercury was more expensive than gold in the early days, but it's not anymore." As soon as Meng Qi finished speaking, he felt his clothes tighten, and Mo Li was holding him tightly.
"Doctor, what's wrong with you?"
"...Let's go to Taijing." Mo Li said word by word.
Taijing is the capital of several dynasties. Many emperors are buried near Taijing, and the tomb of Emperor Chen Li is no exception.