If possible, Yan Liqiang would rather that the inhuman demon he discovered today was a powerful minister of one of the six ministries or a general. However, it was this little imperial physician order that made Yan Liqiang, who stayed in the attic, feel cold all over as he watched the four-wheeled carriage slowly going away, and he couldn't recover for a long time.
In Cui Lichen's words, the evil demons came from outside the domain and were a non-human race. Although the evil demons could transform into human form, they were irreconcilable with humans and were extremely evil. All the evil demons that appeared on the Silver Continent came with evil purposes. Their ultimate goal was to cause the Silver Continent to perish forever and make all humans on this continent recognize the demons as their ancestors and submit to their rule.
If he had not experienced the battle with Lin Qingtian, if he had not seen with his own eyes the prime minister of the Han Empire transformed into an alien-like monster in front of him, Yan Liqiang would never have believed the fantastic words Cui Lichen told him, and would never have thought that there would be evil demons around him that threatened humanity.
It was Lin Qingtian and Yu Luogong who changed Yan Liqiang's worldview and made Yan Liqiang realize that there were many things in this world that were far beyond his imagination.
The Imperial Physician Order was a minor position, and an evil demon disguised himself as the Imperial Physician Order and hid in the court. After Lin Qingtian was exposed, he still risked his life to stay in the Imperial Capital. He was not seeking power or influence, so what was he after? Could it be that he really came to save the dying and heal the wounded
Thinking of the vitality soup, Yan Liqiang shuddered!
If you think about it carefully, there are some strange things about the timing of the appearance of the Yuanqi Soup and the way and intensity of the court's promotion. If the evil demon who transformed himself into the imperial physician really did something to the Yuanqi Soup, at least eight or nine million of the more than ten million people in the capital area have drunk the Yuanqi Soup. If there is a problem, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.
what to do
what to do
what to do
At times like this, you must stay calm, Yan Liqiang reminded himself in his heart, forcing himself to calm down, use his brain, and analyze the situation in front of him.
The identity of the evil demon has been locked. Now that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, there is no need to worry about him escaping for the time being. Therefore, the most urgent task at hand is to first confirm whether there is any problem with the vitality soup made by the Imperial Hospital. After confirming this, I will try to find out the purpose of this evil demon staying in the Imperial Capital City and see if I can kill him...
The place where the Imperial Medical Bureau cooks the Yuanqi Soup is inside the official office of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the imperial capital. All the Yuanqi Soup in the capital area is transported from the official office of the Imperial Medical Bureau. If there is something wrong with the Yuanqi Soup, it must have existed before it was sent out of the official office of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Some clues should be found in the place where the Yuanqi Soup is cooked.
A shadow moved in the attic, and in the blink of an eye, Yan Liqiang disappeared.
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Two hours later, Yan Liqiang, with a silly look on his face, appeared in ordinary clothes near the General Temple in the north of the Imperial Capital. The Imperial Medical Office was not far from the General Temple. Behind the office of the entire Imperial Medical Office was a yard about the size of a football field. Usually, the yard was used by the doctors in the Imperial Medical Office to dry medicine. At this moment, the yard behind the office of the Imperial Medical Office became the place where the Yuanqi Soup was boiled in the Imperial Capital.
When Yan Liqiang arrived at the vicinity of the General Temple, it was already bright. The capital city began to bustle again. The shops and teahouses on the street were open, and the people went about their business. The yard behind the Imperial Medical Bureau's office was filled with smoke and steam. A team of fully armed soldiers from the Imperial Mabu Division surrounded the entire Imperial Medical Bureau's office and the backyard, and were on high alert. From time to time, soldiers from the Mabu Division escorted carriages filled with large wooden barrels of vitality soup out of the gate of the backyard and hurried to various places outside the capital city. Until today, under the shadow of the so-called corpse plague, the people in the capital area have never stopped drinking vitality soup.
There is a market near the General Temple. The streets here are quite lively and not deserted. Yan Liqiang walked on the street and almost circled the office and backyard of the Imperial Hospital, but did not find any opportunity to go in. It would be easy to climb over the wall in broad daylight, but a stranger climbing over the wall in such a busy place would be too conspicuous. There are so many people inside and outside the wall, and they are not blind and will not fail to see it. It would be more trouble than gain if he alerted the enemy.
Just when Yan Liqiang was thinking about how to sneak in to take a look, he saw a group of young men gathered under a street archway near the side door of the backyard of the Imperial Medical Service, as if they were waiting for something. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be looking for a job. Before Yan Liqiang could walk over, the side door of the backyard of the Imperial Medical Service opened, and a slightly fat man in his thirties, wearing the uniform of a medical officer of the Imperial Medical Service, walked out. The doctors in the Imperial Medical Service are basically imperial doctors. Above the imperial doctors, there are positions such as hospital judges and hospital envoys. The medical officer is the lowest-ranking doctor in the Imperial Medical Service.
As soon as they saw this man coming out, the young men who had been waiting under the archway on the street suddenly rushed over without anyone shouting at them. Yan Liqiang had an idea and followed him, squeezing into the crowd.
"Brother, are you taking jobs here?" Seeing a simple-looking man in his forties nearby, Yan Liqiang leaned over and asked in a low voice.
The man took a look at Yan Liqiang and found that he also had a plain face, so he patiently replied in a low voice, "Yes, don't you know?"
"I heard there was work to do here, so I came to take a look today..."
"The Imperial Hospital is now making vitality soup. It doesn't stop for twelve hours a day. Every day, two shifts of temporary workers and coolies take turns to work non-stop. The wages are not high. Those who can't bear the hardship can't stick to it. Do you want to try it, little brother?"
"I want to try..."
"The wages here aren't high, but I can eat enough. Shh... Doctor Liu is about to speak. Don't speak. Doctor Liu hates it most when someone is whispering while he's talking!"
"Oh!" Yan Liqiang nodded.
The originally bustling crowd gradually quieted down...
Doctor Liu was standing on the steps, looking down at the group of young men who had gathered around him. Seeing that everyone had become inactive and quiet, he nodded with satisfaction, coughed twice, cleared his throat, then spoke with a serious face, "The pharmacy needs eight people to move the medicine, you... you... you two... you... and you... you two... you will be the team leader..." As the man spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the group of people who had gathered around him. In the blink of an eye, he pointed out eight cleanly dressed young men from the crowd and asked them to stand aside.
“We need five people to chop firewood in the woodshed. You… you… you and you… you will be the foreman.” Doctor Liu pointed out four more people.
"It takes four people to carry water, so the four of you are the ones..."
"The fifteen who tend the stoves and clear the ashes..."
"Fifteen bellows..."
"The six people who carried the medicine bucket..."
“Of the six people who dumped the medicine residue… you… you… you… you… you two… you will be the team leader…” Then Doctor Liu stretched out his hand and dragged Yan Liqiang and the man next to him to the group of people who dumped the medicine residue, and nominated the man next to Yan Liqiang as the team leader.
"Eight people washing things..."
"You all know the rules. If you work for six hours, you will get two meals. You can take turns to rest in between, and your wages will remain the same. Let's go..." After quickly counting the people, Doctor Liu turned around and walked into the yard.
The people who were called lined up and followed in. At the door, there were several soldiers searching people, and those who were called were strictly prohibited from bringing anything in...
The backyard of the entire Imperial Hospital was like a bustling construction site. Fifteen large stoves were built on the grass in the backyard, with ten large pots for boiling medicinal materials on them. Hundreds of people wearing masks were busy working beside the fifteen stoves and in the yard, each doing their own work. Several doctors and imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital were shuttling between them, directing everyone...
As soon as he entered, Yan Liqiang was given a mask, and then he was taken to several large steamers that were taller than a person. Then each person was given a shovel and had to shovel out the medicine residue in the steamer...
(End of this chapter)