Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 244 So who is the real mastermind, do you have a conclusion yet?

As soon as Ying Zheng heard Qin Mo's answer, he knew that he had already guessed his intention, and he stopped beating around the bush immediately, and said: "Ai Qing herself said, respect ghosts and gods and stay away. Be respectful."

"The matter of Wu Zhu's acceptance of training in the medical center may be reversed, so that those who wish to go will go, and those who do not want to let it go!"

The major events of the country lie in sacrifice and Rong.

The word "Sacrifice" in this sentence may have multiple interpretations in later generations, and it may be applied in many places, but in this pre-Qin era, it has a literal meaning.

Sacrifice means sacrifice, and Rong means military. Sacrifice even ranks ahead of military, which shows the importance of offering sacrifices to ancestors or ghosts and gods in the hearts of the ancients.

And this also shows the detached status of the shaman from the side. The shaman in ancient times and even the Yin and Shang Dynasties was usually the ruler of a place. It was not until the Zhou Dynasty in 800 that the shaman gradually separated from the political center, but there was still a considerable amount of power. the right to speak...

The most intuitive example is the land of Baiyue. Before Qin Mo went, before the Great Qin pacified it, the witch chief firmly controlled the grassroots, which was more effective than the king's words!
Of course, that was in Baiyue, but in the land of China, at the end of the Warring States period, various countries reformed their laws and tried to strengthen the country and the army. The voice of witches has long since declined again and again, and it has completely become a sacrificial ceremony. Those who are inside must take root in the people and live on their own.

But because of this, it is quite popular!

Yingzheng received the report from Jinyiwei, and almost all the famous wizards in the counties, counties and townships of Daqin had a fight with the medical clinic, which he didn't want to see.

In addition, he himself believed in this way, so he took the opportunity to persuade Qin Mo to give some leeway to the wizards!

Qin Mo naturally understood Ying Zheng's thoughts, nodded immediately and said: "Your Majesty has this intention, so it's fine to act accordingly."

"It's just... Wu Zhu who doesn't accept the training of the medical center, it's better not to practice medicine in the future, so as not to kill people without knowing it. In the end, in the name of offering sacrifices to the souls of the dead, he will earn another wave of support from the families of the dead." money!"

What he said was so funny that Ying Zheng couldn't stop smiling.

But after the smile, Yingzheng was helpless, and those who could win the respect of the people and have a reputation were usually witches who knew some medicine.

Because they can give substantial benefits to the people.

On the contrary, the common people don't like to see Wu Zhu who only relies on good luck to make a living, and who doesn't work well at times, let alone have any reputation.

Qin Mo proposed to prohibit Wu Zhu who did not receive training from the medical center from practicing medicine. Coincidentally, it happened to those famous Wu Zhu who knew the common sense of medicine, forming a closed loop.

Persuading is the same as not persuading...

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Ying Zheng was pondering over the pros and cons, when suddenly there was a knock on the wooden door of the backyard, and then Zhao Gao's voice said, "Your Majesty, Xia Yiling has something urgent to ask Prime Minister Qin."

Ying Zheng withdrew his thoughts and said, "Go in."

The wooden door opened, and Xia Wuqi hurried in. Then he saw the monarch and his ministers lying in the bath, and the corners of their eyes twitched. Resisting the feeling of being speechless, he first bowed to Ying Zheng: "Minister, Xia Wu And, pay homage to His Majesty."

Then, he raised his hand to Qin Mo and said, "I pay my respects to Prime Minister Qin."

Qin Mo waved his hand: "Why is Mr. Xia looking for me?"

Xia Wuju was in a hurry, so he immediately accepted the gift, and said straight to the point: "The Jiazi Medical Center in Du County sent someone to deliver a message. Tao Hun, who lives in the hospital, got into the art of disgusting victory because of a conflict with the local witch. Qin Xiang wants to go with the old man to find out what happened?"

These words are very particular, and they obviously know that they have been hit by the technique of disgusting victory, but the last sentence is to find out the truth.

Apparently, Old Man Xia doesn't believe in the technique of defeating victory at all, and he is clearly going to find the murderer!

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Qin Mo suddenly stood up from the water, and said with evil in his eyes, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Tao?"

Tao Hun is an old doctor of the Imperial Medical Office. Qin Mo used to lead troops on expeditions, so he must also be one of the military doctors in the army, and he is a serious and old comrade-in-arms.

Xia Wuju said with an ugly expression: "It's at stake."

Qin Mo had already jumped ashore at this time, regardless of his wet body, put on his clothes, put on his boots and hung up his saber, and said to Ying Zheng, "I will go to Du County first, Your Majesty... "

"I'm going too."

Ying Zheng came out of the pool and said while getting dressed.

Qin Mo didn't talk nonsense, he took out the speed of teaching the new soldiers to wear armor, helped Ying Zheng put it on in two or three times, and then joined Xia Wuqie, and walked out of the backyard quickly.

Zhao Gao had good eyesight, quickly walked out of the living room of the villa, greeted the guards in plain clothes, and prepared to escort them out.

After a little leaning, a group of people galloped on their horses and headed straight for the inner city!

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Du County is next to Xianyang City, and most of the residents are royal clans, which is one of the reasons why Ying Zheng followed.

As for the other reason, it is also simple, he wants to see what kind of tricks the mysterious art of disgusting victory is!

It took less than an hour for Qin Mo and his party to let go of their horses and rush to the temporary camp for doctors next to the construction site of the Du County Medical Center.

Many of the male and female doctors in the temporary camp knew Ying Zheng and Qin Mo. Seeing that Xia Wuqiu had brought the first emperor and the prime minister, they couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and they put their hearts back in their stomachs.

"See His Majesty, see Prime Minister Qin, see Xia Yiling..."

The doctors couldn't hide their excitement, and they all bowed their hands and paid respects.

Ying Zheng raised his hand to help: "Excuse me."

Qin Mo and Xia Wuqie then said in unison: "Where is Tao Lao?"

An old doctor came out, pointed to the largest tent in the temporary camp and said, "Go back to Minister Qin, Tao Sheren is in that tent."

Xia Wuqi got off the horse with one leg, and carried the medicine box into the tent.

Ying Zheng and Qin Mo got off their horses, but they didn't enter the tent, they just opened the curtain and took a look inside.

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Tao Hui is proficient in the way of medicinal food, as long as he can take care of his body, no matter how bad it is, he dares to stuff it into his mouth, so he maintains it very well. Although he is not as old as Xia Wu, he has a youthful face and a youthful spirit. the meaning of.

But... At this time, he had long lost his former glory, lying on the hospital bed with a haggard appearance, and groaning in pain from time to time.

Xia Wuqiu opened the medicine box he carried with him, trying his best to treat him.

Ying Zheng turned his head and asked the doctors not far away, "Did someone poison Tao Qing's food?"

All the doctors shook their heads in unison: "Impossible, we have washed Mr. Tao's stomach... Mr. Tao loves to eat medicinal food, and his meals are never handed over to others... Yes, the villain has no chance to poison him~!"

They couldn't find any evidence that the villain had poisoned them, so they were suspicious, and when they sent someone to send a letter, they directly said that they had fallen victim to the art of disgusting victory.

The ancients did not understand the principle of elimination. After eliminating the possibility of poisoning, the rest, no matter how unimaginable, is probably right!

Ying Zheng suddenly nodded, and looked at Tao Hun who was on the sickbed in the tent while pondering. Danfeng's eyes flashed with secretive awe, and he gently lowered the curtain.

But at this moment, Qin Mo spoke, and said coldly: "According to what everyone said, there must be someone who poisoned Tao Lao!"

Ying Zheng was taken aback, he didn't understand how Qin Mo came to a conclusion completely opposite to everyone else's, he wondered: "How can you see... Tao Qing's food is not given to others, how can a villain poison him?"

Qin Mo pointed to the doctors, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because Lao Tao's medicinal diet is different from everyone else's that he was the only one who was poisoned, but none of the others were poisoned."

If Ying Zheng has realized something, Qin Mo's thinking is right: "Tao Qing cooks herbal meals for herself, how can she be taken advantage of by bad guys?"

Qin Mo said noncommittally, "Even though Mr. Tao never slackens in cooking herbal meals, who can guarantee that there are no problems with the ingredients and medicinal materials used in cooking herbal meals?"

"It has been several days since the doctors were dispatched to this place. The food and medicinal materials they brought with them should have been exhausted... One of the food and medicinal materials used today must have been purchased from the nearby villagers. If someone hides It's not a bad idea to mix some poison into it."

The last sentence, he said to all the doctors.

All the doctors were stunned for a while, but they all nodded: "Exactly...exactly purchased from the villagers."

Yingzheng was dumbfounded, raised the curtain again, and glanced at the old man Tao who was being treated by Xia Wuqie, the secret awe in Danfeng's eyes had already disappeared.

Instead, it was fierce and evil!

"However, the villain is obviously targeting Mr. Tao, who is the head of the great medical center. It is not an easy task to accurately deliver food and medicine mixed with poison to Mr. Tao's hands, and to deceive Mr. Tao's eyes. ..."

Qin Mo muttered a few words as if talking to himself, then looked at the doctors again and asked, "Can you report to the government?"

It's stupid and funny to say, in this pre-Qin era, cursing people with the technique of disgusting victory is also punishable by punishment.

But this also proves from the side that witchcraft is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
"Reported...the Neishi Prefecture sent the county magistrate to bring people to investigate...I asked us some questions earlier, but now I don't know where I went."

The doctors were busy answering in one go.

Qin Mo frowned slightly, and was about to say something, when he saw outside the temporary camp, a young official who looked familiar, leading a group of heavily armed soldiers, striding in.

"Chen Ping?"

Qin Mo recognized the young official, but was dumbfounded.

He knew that Chen Ping's grades in the previous Central Central Examination were not good, ranking outside the top [-], but what he didn't expect was that Ying Zheng appointed him as a county lieutenant in Du County.

I don't know if it's because of this guy's good luck, or because Ying Zheng's ability to recognize people has performed exceptionally again. He has seen that Chen Ping has real talent, so he intends to reuse it...

Perhaps, just like how Qin Mo comforted the lower-ranked candidates, the results of the central examination are only a reference after all, and what achievements can be achieved in the future depends on the ability to do things.

When Yingzheng appointed a group of candidates, he summoned them one by one and played them right. He probably knew whether the candidates had real talents or not!
"Your Majesty, Du County Captain Chen Ping, see Your Majesty... See Prime Minister Qin!"

Chen Ping also saw Qin Mo and Ying Zheng at this time, he hurriedly led the soldiers, took three steps at a time, and quickly came to the front, respectfully paying homage.

Perhaps Ying Zheng was also deeply impressed by Chen Ping, but he hadn't forgotten that this young courtier, who only got a hundred or so grades in the Central Central Examination, raised his hand and said, "Chen Qingping, I heard that you are investigating Tao Qingzhi. How is it going?"

Chen Ping saluted again, and replied: "Your servant has already obtained something. Mr. Tao is unconscious because he was poisoned by the villain."

As he spoke, he waved to the heavily armed guards behind him, and shouted, "Bring the suspect Zhao Wei here."

The guards obeyed the order and immediately pushed out a half-old man with chains and a gray beard.

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows in surprise, nodded and said, "Good, Qin Qing said just now that Tao Qing must have been poisoned by gangsters, but you have already caught the suspect... I really didn't misunderstand Chen Qing, you He is talented!"

Chen Ping suppressed his excitement, and said humbly: "This is the responsibility of the subordinates, and it is not worthy of His Majesty's praise!"

Ying Zheng nodded in appreciation, and asked curiously, "I don't know how Chen Qing caught this suspect?"

Chen Ping pondered for a while, organized some words in his mind, and then said: "I don't believe in the art of being disgusted with victory. Earlier, I asked the doctors whether there were any medicinal and dietary ingredients that Mr. Tao ate in the camp, and they were in Mr. Tao's own residence. After searching, I found a half-used Liaodong ginseng."

"The Liaodong mountain ginseng is not found in the medicinal materials in the camp, only Mr. Tao has it... According to the doctors, it was the old man from the nearby village, that is, the suspect Zhao Wei, who sold it to Mr. Tao. At that time, Mr. Tao was still with the doctor. They showed off."

"I concluded that there was something wrong with the Liaodong mountain ginseng, so I chopped it up and went out to feed the livestock. Sure enough, the livestock died suddenly!"

Ying Zheng nodded as he listened, and finally Dan Feng locked his eyes on Zhao Min and asked, "Are you a member of the royal family?"

There are as many Ying surnames as dogs in Du County.

Zhao Wei was already so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and said in a low voice, "You should call Your Majesty the family uncle."

The corner of Yingzheng's mouth twitched, thinking that you are not young, but your seniority is quite low, and he said sharply: "As a child of the clan, how can you know how to break the law and poison the court officials? Is it true that Qin Fa does not kill the clan?"

Zhao Wei was reprimanded by his stern voice, so he didn't have a diarrhea collapse, he poked his head on the ground, and stammered to explain: "My nephew is also wronged...the Liaodong mountain ginseng was not originally owned by my nephew, but it came from earlier. One day, a smuggler came from Liaodong and sold it at a low price in the village... The minister and nephew bought it because of the cheap price, thinking that after our Great Qin pacified North Korea, they would sell it in Xianyang West Market and make a small profit. Pen……"

"Mr. Tao went to the countryside two days ago to collect medicinal materials. He passed by my house as a guest. When he saw Lie Xinxi, he bought it at a high price... If my nephew knew that the mountain ginseng was highly poisonous, he would not dare to sell it to anyone even if he ate it to death. Old fairy..."

Ying Zheng couldn't help being astonished when he heard that the sincerity of what he said did not seem to be fake, and he looked at Qin Mo in blank dismay.

Then, the two monarchs and ministers looked at Chen Ping together: 【What's the situation? 】

Facing the dubious gazes of the two, Chen Ping clasped his hands calmly and said, "The smuggling businessman speaks with the accent of Guanzhong, and the accent near Xianyang."

"In addition, when the smuggling merchants appeared, it was after the doctors began to purchase medicinal materials. They must have done it on purpose and planned to plot against Mr. Tao!"

"So, I only say that this Zhao Min is a suspect, he...is just a fool being used by others!"

Qin Mo smacked his lips, admiring his brain, and asked curiously: "Then who is the real mastermind, have you come to a conclusion?"

(End of this chapter)