Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 94

Xiao Yi laughed, but Second Master Xiao, who was a hundred miles away, couldn't laugh anymore.

The blood-stained yoke lowered his neck, and the tattered and ragged prison clothes were also sprinkled with bright salt grains for fun. Xiao Yong, a huge man, shrank into a ball, and he couldn't tell how tall, short, fat or thin he was.

"I know that Second Master Xiao is a strong man. After so many tortures, he still refuses to confess to your master. I really admire you." Gu An looked at him with a smile, "But I am really doing it for you." You are distressed, the head of the family you saved with your flesh and blood may have already thrown a big banquet to celebrate the death of your second master Xiao without a whole body!"

Xiao Yong raised his head suddenly, and stared at him angrily: "Put your mother's stinky fart, little yellow-haired boy, go get some milk!"

Instead of being angry, Gu An smiled: "Zhaojia Village in Fengjie County is more than a hundred miles away from Yuzhou City. If my house hadn't received an informant, how could we have set up an ambush?"

Xiao Yong's eyes froze, and his gaze was firmly fixed on Gu An's face: "You are a county magistrate, and you are very lenient."

"Collaborating with the rebels, did you find out soon? Your good sister is much smarter than you."

What Gu An was waiting for was his words. He slowly took out a piece of letterhead from his wide sleeve, and unfolded it in front of his eyes bit by bit: "You should be able to recognize the handwriting of the master, right?"

Xiao Yong's shoulders seemed to be stabbed with a sword, and suddenly he twitched.

He doesn't know many words, and most of them are taught by his sister stroke by stroke more than ten years ago. Now, every stroke on the paper is familiar to the eye.

He restrained himself and read the letter written by Xue Xue word by word. At the end, he just gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and let out a low and painful roar from his throat.

Gu An saw that the deal was done, so he tore off his gentle face, and looked at him coldly and condescendingly: "Xiao Yi tried in vain to abandon the car to protect the handsome man, give up your self-protection, and even offered to retreat to Shuzhong, but she dared to kidnap him first." Doctor of official studies, dare to plunder two teaching assistants later, how can our government allow her to be presumptuous in front of my eyes!"

After listening to his words quietly, Xiao Yong couldn't say a word.

He fought half his life as a soldier, and never gave up. He used his flesh and blood to protect his elder sister from the wind and rain, fought for the Xiao family in the bloody rain of corpses for decades, and sacrificed himself for an unattainable dream of the previous dynasty. He could have lived a stable and peaceful half of his life, but he never thought that the person who sent him to the guillotine one day was his only relative.

The last flesh and blood of the Xiao family turned out to be a murderous ending.

Finally, there was a trace of pity in Gu An's eyes, and his tone softened.

"Second Master Xiao is a real husband, and the Ming Palace and this official are very rewarding. As long as you are willing to cooperate with our Palace, I can assure you that the voters are not guilty, and the soldiers will not be killed."

Gu An was sure of every word he wrote.

He knew that a hero of the rebel army like Xiao Yong was unwilling and disdainful of trying to survive in the world.

But his army was different.

Everyone there, counting up to three generations, are fellow villagers who planted seedlings and plowing the fields with his ancestors, and counting down three generations, they are all loyal supporters who swear to their Xiao family.

He was sure that this Xiao Yong was not a villain like Xiao Yi who was ungrateful for profit and caring only for himself.

And it turns out that his judgment never fails.

Xiao Yong finally lowered his unyielding head: "We have already received a tip-off that the officers and soldiers have entangled the strength of the ten surrounding counties, and are preparing to join forces with Chang'an's [-] reinforcements to besiege our Xiao family army."

"Your news is very accurate, what tricks does she have?"

"She has made a plan. On May [-], she will take the lead in attacking the city and seize the opportunity."

Gu An's eyes lit up: "Where is she going to attack first?"

Xiao Yong closed his eyes, his lips trembling.

"Yuzhou."

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"Festival?"

"That's right, Xiao Yi wants to attack Fengjie first, and in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao, he will attack west and east."

Li Boting whispered through a layer of wood: "The government has long been prepared to eradicate this scum, but Yuzhou is weak and weak. In order to ensure a stable victory, it has already united forces from more than a dozen surrounding counties and is ready to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop."

Wu Yi had heard the students talking about this matter long ago, but he still couldn't figure it out: "Why did Xiao Yi choose to go far away and attack Fengjie?"

Li Boting said in a deep voice: "Fengjie has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The city is solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Fengjie can be captured, it will be able to fight against the [-] Chang'an reinforcements. The former Xiao Yong was a pathfinder. Otherwise, they would never have gone to Fengjie to plunder."

"But since the government is entangled in the fact that its troops are in Yuzhou, it must have received some kind of tip."

Li Boting didn't take it seriously: "Xiao Yi is good at scheming, so he must have spread false news long ago. I have been in this camp for several days, and I have already noticed that they are secretly deploying ships. They must go by water. Yuzhou is very close, so they will do so. There is only one explanation, and that is that they want to abandon Yuzhou's old nest, and turn to Fengjie to occupy the land as king."

Wu Yi had no military accomplishments, so he could only silently listen to Li Boting's analysis of pros and cons.

No wonder Xiao Yi refused to let Li Boting go as promised, and he also refused to kill him.Once Li Boting was let go, it would be tantamount to leaking the news, and once he was killed, it would be tantamount to ruining his reputation, so he could only be imprisoned here, hanging on his old man's life forever.

"You were summoned by Xiao Yi today, why exactly?" Li Boting asked.

"Give me a blow." Wu Yi recalled today's situation and couldn't help but sigh, "To tell you the truth, Doctor, the student and Assistant Professor Xu Jie invented a decoction called Anesthesia Powder, which can make people fall into a deep sleep after taking it Xiao Yi put his mind on the anesthesia powder, and wanted Assistant Xu and me to hand over the anesthesia powder prescription."

Li Boting pondered for a moment: "Although Xu Jie is cold-faced and hard-hearted, he is upright and absolutely unwilling to plan for the rebels. Wu Yi, Xiao Yi is capricious, so don't try to lure him for it!"

Wu Yi couldn't help but smiled wryly: "This student naturally knows, but Xiao Yi has already made up his mind. Now that Xu Jie and I are in her hands, if she threatens the other person's life..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Boting's voice suddenly became louder like adding fuel to the fire: "The sages said, sacrifice your life to go to the country's disaster, and see death as a sudden return. A man, what is there to covet in life, and what is there to die for?" Afraid? As long as it is for the people of Bashu and the people of the world, what is the pity of sacrificing one of you, one of me, and one of him? If you want to follow this brat to perish yourself and become a traitor who is ridiculed by everyone and has a bad reputation for thousands of years, I I will never stop you!"

Wu Yi was taught a lesson by him, so he quickly stopped him: "Even if Xiao Yi is rampant for a while, he will never be rampant for a lifetime. Although the student is not as well-educated as a doctor, he also knows that there is no way to help her. She will never become a good person. How could it be possible to do things that help the evildoers?"

Only then did Li Boting calm down, and with a hoarse voice, he explained to him word by word: "You must not reveal the prescription of anesthesia powder, but Xiao Yi will definitely not stop here. If you have the opportunity to go out, you must inform Fengjie and Yu Important officials from the two prefectures move troops to Fengjie quickly, and they can even compete with Xiao Yi. Otherwise, Fengjie’s troops will be entangled in Yuzhou, and it will be like an empty city, which is in Xiao Yi’s pocket!"

Wu Yi silently memorized Li Boting's words in his heart, and felt that every word and every sentence weighed a thousand catties, and his heart was so tired that it was unbearable.

He couldn't help but think of those heavy backs that once walked in front of him, the backs that were still not bent under the weight.

It is only now that he understands personally that the heaviest, most tiring, and most difficult burden in this world is the two words he has seen countless times on his teacher.

responsibility.

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Li Boting's words were quickly fulfilled.

But within three to five days, Xiao Gou'er came to carry Wu Yi away again, but this time it was not to accompany Xiao Yi to practice soldiers and horses, but the bearded man who was in charge of the third family was invited.

It seems that coercion is not good enough, so I am ready to be tough.

As soon as he entered the tent, Wu Yi saw an acquaintance.

"Mr. Wu, why are you here?" Qin Erye stretched his sharp neck forward, looked him up and down with his eyeballs, and saw that he was thin and gray, and he already had two or three points in his heart.

"What's the matter, you guys still know each other?" The bearded third master weighed the hot silver ingot in his hands, and stared at the two facing each other like eagles with a pair of sharp eyes under his long eyebrows.

"It's a long story to say." Qin Erye smiled and said, "Mr. Wu has saved my wife's life. Although we are rough people, we still remember the kindness."

It's okay if he didn't mention this, but when he mentioned it, the bearded man's thoughts were aroused: "Yes, I also heard that he used that... what kind of anesthesia powder prescription to save your wife, and you still have it?" Don’t have that prescription?”

He weighed the silver ingot in his hand, threw it into the air, and it almost landed in front of Qin Er's eyes: "If you can hand over this prescription, you will be a friend of our village. There is no need for you to come and go between friends." You're being polite."

Wu Yi's heart was shocked, Xiao's army searched everywhere, it seems that Qin Er came to give money today, it's hard to say whether they will go or not, Qin Er has already come in front of the third master.

Qin Er's eyes were like small hooks, hooked on the silver ingot in the bearded man's hand and couldn't get off, and his hand seemed to be attracted by a magnet, and he stretched forward involuntarily.

"Huh?" The bearded man withdrew his hand, holding the silver ingot in his hand, but looked at Qin Erye with a smile in his eyes.

Qin Erye seemed to have just recovered from his nerves, and almost fell halfway in the air. Fortunately, Wu Yi quickly supported him with a sharp eye, and was about to whisper to him that he must never confess, but Xiao Gou'er cleverly pulled him away.

"This... this prescription from more than a month ago, where can I find it?" Qin Er scratched his head in distress, his eyes resting on the silver ingot reluctantly, "Mr. Wu is here, I see, Let Mr. Wu earn the money himself."

Wu Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Er shaking his finger almost imperceptibly, and the cloud cleared in his heart. Qin Er couldn't find a prescription, and he was clearly looking for an excuse to leave him a way out Woolen cloth.

It's a pity that this way of life has long been blocked by Li Boting's words, and it is absolutely impossible.

"In this case, then you should go down the mountain as soon as possible." The bearded man tucked the silver ingot into his sleeve mercilessly, cutting off the thoughts in Qin Er's eyes, "Next month will still be the old rule, you will deliver the food yourself , if you dare to be short-sighted, or let the wind leak, take care of the lives of your whole family!"