Facing Gong Xichou's questioning, Zhang He's response was only a long silence, but from his expression, he obviously knew about this matter. No further answers were needed, Gong Xichou already understood, and uttered a sneer of disdain.
"Is this the chief physician of a country? It's really eye-opening. He is just a mediocre person who doesn't care about the lives of common people for fame and fortune! You don't think you can save anything by sitting in Lingzhou Yiru?" Gong Xichou's words were sarcastic and made Shen Tang secretly look at him with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
The Gong Xichou she knew could not defeat anyone on the battlefield, and could not argue with anyone off the battlefield. He was just a 24K pure fool who suffered from his lack of education. She never expected that he actually had this thing called "eloquence" and was not bad at arguing with others.
Zhang He didn't take these words to heart.
But that doesn’t mean other people don’t worry about it.
Immediately, Zhang He's confidant, the guard leader, couldn't help but stand up and speak a fair word for Zhang He.
"Although I don't know the grudge between this young master and my master, it is true that my master saved thousands of people in Lingzhou and protected the people of Yiru. As the chief physician of the Medical Bureau, my master had to obey the king. Don't you know the consequences of disobeying the king's orders?"
This guard leader is Zhang He's confidant. He has followed him for a long time and knows something about the past.
It was not Zhang He who took the initiative to contact the poisonous insect.
As the imperial physician at that time, the most skilled imperial physician in the medical department, could Zhang He object when the king of Xin ordered him to study poisonous insects? Later, he was killed and silenced by the king, but he escaped by luck and saved his life.
Can the extermination of the Gongxi clan be attributed to Zhang He
Did he deliberately discard the so-called holy objects
As for the epidemics in various places...
It is even more impossible that it was done by Lord Zhang He.
This requires us to ask what the royal family of Xin State did.
In his opinion, Gong Xichou's hatred was just immature anger. It was obvious that his lord had too good a temper and had the patience to indulge such an unknown person and not drive him away.
In response, Gong Xichou just sneered meaningfully: "Yes, yes, yes, whatever you say is right."
He didn't take the guard leader seriously at all.
His eyes passed over him and fell directly on Zhang He.
"I just want to give you a piece of advice. I hope your master can remember that it is best not to delve into the secrets of the Gongxi tribe. Otherwise, even if I am the only one left in the Gongxi tribe, I will let you know what regret is! It is best to have only one 'host' like Shao Chong under Gu Ren's command!"
Zhang He's calm eyes finally showed a ripple: "Gu Ren? Gu Ziyi? Who do you think is under his command?"
Gong Xichou said: "You might as well go and ask yourself."
If you really ask, you will probably be beaten up by Gu Ren.
Back then, Xin and Geng were secretly researching Gu worms, trying to dominate the northwest with this killer weapon, or even sweep across the entire continent. They secretly conducted breeding research and planted "Gu mothers" in people of different ages and physical conditions.
This kind of "parasite mother" is different from the "parasite worm" that causes the epidemic.
The latter will wake up when it comes into contact with qi and blood, and will frantically absorb the essence, qi and blood of the human body to start laying eggs. It is a failure of the former.
The former grows slowly, but can stimulate and improve potential to the maximum extent, allowing ordinary people to gain strength comparable to that of mid- to high-level warriors. Once the host can no longer provide the essence, qi, and blood required by the "Gu Mother", the "Gu Mother" will madly squeeze the host, complete the final transformation in the shortest time, until it breaks out of the body, and the life of the "host" will also come to an end.
It is hard to say whether Shao Chong was poisoned by the Gu in his childhood.
He was murdered while still in his mother's womb.
Zhang He didn't know what he was thinking about, his face darkened, "I really didn't know about this matter. If I knew, I wouldn't have been killed. I'm really not a good person. I did help the people of Lingzhou to win their hearts, but I'm definitely not as crazy as Gongxi Langjun thinks. I still have some basic ethics as a doctor... Please be careful with what you say!"
As a royal physician trusted by the king, he had made great progress in his research on Gu worms, and his future was bright. Outsiders rumored that he was secretly executed, but they didn't know the truth behind it - when he cultivated the first batch of "Gu mothers", he wanted to use death row prisoners as hosts, but his other colleagues advised the king to secretly capture a group of ordinary people.
The King of Xin was persuaded by sweet words.
Zhang He could not agree with this.
I can't even go along with them.
So he impulsively decided to resign from his post.
This also brought him fatal disaster.
Fortunately, he was prepared and managed to escape. After that, in order to save his life, he had to travel around and hide his identity.
After he lived in seclusion in Lingzhou for a few years, the situation changed again. Xin State became more corrupt and decadent, and Geng State gradually rose to prominence. Zhang He became more active. He was a person who valued fame and fortune, otherwise he would not have failed in the election three times.
In the end, he was able to succeed by entering the Medical Department.
He was unwilling to live his whole life in a cowardly manner.
Seeing that he was getting old, he still hadn't waited for the best time to leave the mountain. At this time, he met a filial daughter with her dying mother. The filial daughter was originally going to commit suicide with her mother, but accidentally broke into his small clinic where he lived in seclusion. Zhang He learned from the filial daughter that a great plague had broken out in Lingzhou.
The bureaucrats in Lingzhou shirked their responsibilities and did not do their jobs.
Keep this matter secret.
It was not until the situation could no longer be concealed and was reported to the King of Xin that the King's court sent a doctor from the Medical Department to rescue him.
The result is gratifying.
This group of medical officers, whose medical skills were getting worse and worse, did not realize that the source of the plague was the water source. Not only did they fail to cure the infected people, but they also lost most of themselves. In order to stop the spread of the plague, the Lingzhou government concentrated all the infected people in one city.
Let it die on its own.
When Zhang He learned about this, his heart beat like a drum.
He felt his chance had finally come.
Maybe I can make a comeback with this incident.
So, Zhang He went out of the mountains, not afraid of dirt, tiredness, and stench, and went alone with his medicine box into the city full of patients, begging the local nobles for medicine. The more difficult the other party was, the higher Zhang He's reputation among the common people would be.
Afterwards, he won the fight with the medical officer of the Medical Department.
It took a full month before the city was opened.
Zhang He also became famous in one battle.
He believed that he was not wrong. No matter what a person's original intention was, whether it was for the people or for fame, at least the result was the same.
He could tolerate Gong Xichou's accusations and anger, but he could not tolerate the stigma that did not belong to him. Seeing that Gong Xichou did not speak, Shen Tang asked the question in his heart: "Are you serious, Lord Zhang?"
Zhang He pointed to the sky and said, "I never say a single word falsely."
Shen Tang was puzzled.
Does Zhang He really have some moral integrity
Wasn't it him who did the Shao Chong thing
"Epidemics caused by poisonous insects in various places..."
"It's not me!"
Zhang He seemed a little impatient.
"Who could that be?"
Zhang He said: "I don't know."
He quit that project too early, and who knows what came of it later, and—
"Not only in Tianhai, Heyin, Shangnan and other places, but also in my jurisdiction, there are common people infected with similar 'epidemics'. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the news was blocked. If it was really me, why would I do this? Just to get myself out of trouble?"
Zhang He's reputation is built on the support of the common people, which has attracted many talented people. If he loses the support of the people, his foundation will be unstable. Why should he destroy the Great Wall
Shen Tang frowned in worry.
Because her current identity is "an envoy sent by the governor of Heyin County", Shen Tang's reaction was also misunderstood by Zhang He.
"The messenger doesn't need to worry too much."
Shen Tang: "What do you mean?"
Zhang He said: "They can't go to all this trouble without any ulterior motive. When the time is right, the murderer will reveal his true colors."
Shen Tang: “…”
She didn't like being passive-aggressive at all.
But there is no other good solution for now.
Zhang He insisted that he had nothing to do with the matter and it didn't seem like he was lying. How about - let Gu Chi take a look later
"I don't know how long I have to wait..."
Zhang He guessed: "It shouldn't take too long."
Let's not talk about the lethality of the Gu worm itself, just its additional effect "Epidemic" is not vegetarian. If it is delayed for too long, all the common people will die. What is the purpose of the people behind the scenes
Zhang He had some vague guesses in his heart.
I guess the other party also wants to take the same route as me.
When the common people are in dire straits and hopeless, they will descend from the sky and give them a glimmer of hope for survival. The common people will then be grateful from the bottom of their hearts and worship them as gods.
Zhang He’s success story has proven that this path is feasible.
But what if the common people don’t suffer
Then find a way to create "dire straits".
Zhang He did not speak out these speculations.
He hasn't completely cleared himself from suspicion yet.
It is better to have less things to do than more.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Shen Tang had to give up for the time being.
She said, "Mr. Zhang, I have something else to ask."
"Messenger, please speak."
"It's like this..."
Gong Xichou got the clue of the "Gongxi tribe's sacred object" and prepared to secretly send people to the place Zhang He said to look for tomb robbers nearby. He thought that he would be able to find the sacred object by following the clues.
Shen Tang's trip was not only to find out the "real culprit of the epidemic", but also to shoulder the important task of negotiating business and promoting cooperation.
Ha Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
Because of Zhang He's existence, the trend of studying medicine is prevalent in Lingzhou Yiru, and the medicinal materials business from nearby counties has gathered here. Shen Tang wants to negotiate a good price with Zhang He and import a batch of good medicinal materials.
It’s the same old saying.
Ha Yin is too poor and lacks everything.
When the seasons change, common people catch colds frequently, and Fu Gu Clinic is so short of medicine that it can't even get enough to fill a single dose.
Apprentices usually learn pharmacology from Dr. Dong, and have to go into the mountains to collect herbs every now and then, making it difficult to maintain the clinic. Shen Tang then turned his attention to Yi Ru and asked him to go in more often.
Zhang He: “…”
Medicinal herbs business...
This was something he had not expected.
He thought that the He Yin envoy was here to test the possibility of an alliance between the two families, and to conduct deeper cooperation on this basis. It was no wonder that Zhang He guessed so. Wu Xian and Gu Ren, who were near He Yin, were not good people. It was more important to win over an ally.
The situation can only be temporarily balanced if a few parties have the ability to overturn the tables and chairs, and they check and balance each other.
Unexpectedly—
They are here to discuss the medicinal materials business.
Or discuss business with the governor of Yiru County...
Zhang He thought about it and took out the leek knife.
What is "monopoly"
Monopoly is his offer, Shen Tang listened.
Gu Chi did not follow Shen Tang in.
It's not that he didn't want to, but Zhang He was too cautious and only wanted to see Shen Tang and Gong Xichou. Gu Chi was bored and had to spend his time listening to the thoughts of officials and common people near the government office, which really let him know a lot of gossip. Just as he was enjoying it, an extremely abrupt, eye-catching and irritable greeting rushed into his mind like a sharp knife.
Familiar curses and greetings to the ancestral homeland.
Well, let me greet Zhang He’s hometown.
Gu Chi raised an eyebrow.
He straightened his wrinkled sleeves and stepped forward.
He crossed his arms and saluted, "Lord."
Shen Tang's curse suddenly stopped.
Gu Chi said: "I see that the master looks unhappy, but is this trip not going well? Or is it that Zhang Yongqing is making things difficult for the master?"
Shen Tang was so angry that his face turned ashen.
"It's more than a dilemma! Why doesn't he just go and rob?"
Damn!
Does everyone think she is a leek
Wu Xian had it cut off, and Zhang He had it cut off
Don’t leeks need a rest
Shen Tang recalled Zhang He's expression of wanting to pay a high price as soon as he opened his mouth, and he immediately became furious, and smoke seemed to be coming out of his head!
Gu Chi: “…”
Gong Xichou couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Shen Tang glanced away and he stopped laughing.
Then he made up a lame excuse.
"Mama, you and Mr. Gu go ahead and do your work. I'll find someone to go there and find out more. Get the holy object back as soon as possible."
After saying that, he slipped away.
The horse's butt disappeared at the end of the long street.
Gu Chi asked curiously, "What holy object?"
Shen Tang: "A coffin, let's get in the car first."
She shared with Gu Chi all the details of today, including the fact that the Gongxi tribe was carrying a treasure that led to the genocide. But what was even funnier was that the two countries of Xin and Geng didn't know the value of the treasure and buried the most precious sacred object of the human race as an ordinary corpse.
Gu Chi's sensitive nerves were touched.
He looked at Shen Tang: "Coffin?"
Shen Tang was stunned for a moment before he understood what Gu Chi meant by his look—speaking of the coffin, didn’t she wake up from a coffin
But...
The time is wrong.
She didn't know when the Gongxi tribe was exterminated, but she guessed it had been more than ten years. A body buried in the tribe's land, even if it was just stuffed in on the eve of the extermination, the body was still fresh and warm, it would have rotted into a pile of bones in more than ten years.
But Shen Tang only woke up in the Shen Mansion more than half a year ago.
There are so many years between the two.
Taking a step back, even if she is really a relic that has come back to life, a vegetative person who has been lying in bed for more than ten years will have his muscles atrophied, become weak and powerless, and unable to walk. Hasn't she beaten enough people in the past six months
Shen Tang raised his hand and smelled his own flesh.
You can faintly smell a slight woody scent.
"Smell it, the meat is still fresh."
Gu Chi: "... Chi just thinks it's a coincidence."
"No matter how coincidental it is, I can't be that corpse. If you say that the corpse gave birth to me as soon as possible after resurrecting, it is possible and logical. In this case, the coffin can also be regarded as an inheritance, and it makes sense for me to lie in it." Shen Tang pinched his chin, and suddenly laughed at his own imagination. He slapped his thigh, "Hey, if this is true, wouldn't the handsome boy be mad?"
The sacred object buried deep underground actually gave birth to a daughter.
Is it the loss of humanity or the decline of morality
Gu Chi: “…”
Shen Tang had laughed enough and the smile disappeared from his eyes.
My mood suddenly became heavy.
"Speaking of which, Gongxi Chou's life story is indeed rough. But how did the Gongxi clan get involved with the Wu Kingdom Gu disaster a hundred years ago? And how did it attract covetousness and lead to the tragedy of genocide?"
A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.
This eight characters are applicable everywhere.
The Gongxi tribe also suffered bad luck.
She originally wanted to chat and complain, but she didn't expect Gu Chi to know all the gossip in the world and be called a know-it-all: "My lord, do you know who founded the Wu Kingdom? What is the royal family crest of the Wu Kingdom?"
Shen Tang: “…”
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